Protecting Data in the Cloud - AWS Snowball

This guide is in the process of being deprecated and will no longer be updated.

The first-generation 80 TB Snowball device is no longer available. Use the Snowball Edge storage optimized devices for all data transfer jobs. For Snowball Edge documentation, see the AWS Snowball Edge Developer Guide.

Protecting Data in the Cloud

AWS Snowball protects your data when you're importing or exporting data into Amazon S3, when you create a job, and when your device is updated. The following sections describe how you can protect your data when you use Snowball and are online or interacting with AWS in the cloud.