Effective November 12, 2024, AWS will discontinue previous generation AWS Snowball devices and both Snowcone devices (HDD and SDD). We will continue to support existing customers using these end-of-life devices until November 12, 2025. The latest generation AWS Snowball devices are available for all customers. For more information on the specific devices and alternatives, read the blog.

AWS Snowball customers

  • Trellix

    Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company’s open and native extended detection and response (XDR) platform helps organizations confronted by today’s most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix’s security experts, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerate technology innovation through machine learning and automation to empower over 40,000 business and government customers.

    Trellix needed to migrate 400TBs and 300+ million files of propriety threat repository storage to AWS as part of an effort to move forward quickly with our data center migration efforts. It was not an easy task, as on-premises systems were out of date, and bandwidth availability was limited. We evaluated multiple solutions and selected AWS Snowball Edge devices for their ease of use and fast turnaround from the AWS team. We used five Snowball devices to migrate all data in under two-months. We were impressed by the ease of use and AWS’ programmatic approach to meeting timelines. In the end, we avoided costly on premises software, hardware, and network upgrade costs. The Trellix Advanced Research Center exceeded the data center exit timeline and are back to running our business.

    Sai Vashisht, - Distinguished Engineer, Trellix

  • Joyn

    Germany’s first free streaming video service, Joyn GmbH is a ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery joint venture combining live TV with on-demand content and exclusive programming. Joyn chose AWS Snowball Edge to move their media archive from expensive on-premises data centers to Amazon S3.

    Case Study: Joyn migrates 3.4PB to Amazon S3 with AWS Snowball Edge

    Blog: Joyn readies exclusive content for audiences with Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering and Glacier

    Joyn is a cloud-first media service built on AWS, so we knew that moving our archive using AWS Snowball Edge would be fast, simple and secure, but we’ve also been impressed by how cost-effective it was. Now that all of our content is easily accessible in the cloud, we can quickly transcode and deliver content to audiences that they can’t find on any other streaming service.

    Stefan Haufe, Media Engineer - Joyn

  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Using Amazon S3 and S3 Glacier Deep Archive provided the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the confidence that its digital media would be preserved and easily accessible at an affordable price. However, the Rock Hall still needed to recover the data on LTO tapes. Working with AWS, the project team ingested the files into S3 Glacier Deep Archive via six AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized devices. Using AWS Snowball Edge helped to address common challenges with large-scale data transfers, including high network costs, long transfer times, and security concerns.

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  • LotteON

    Lotte consolidated 140 million files in 2 weeks with AWS Snowball to power LotteON, an online shopping platform. Lotte leveraged Snowball to provide cost effective, secure, and fast offline data transfer. Transferring data with Snowball enabled Lotte to transfer data without provisioning additional network capacity.

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  • Photobox

    Photobox wanted to get out of the business of owning and maintaining its own IT infrastructure so it could redeploy resources toward innovation in artificial intelligence and other areas to create a better customer experience. By migrating from its Dell EMC Isilon and IBM Cleversafe on-premises storage arrays to Amazon S3 using AWS Snowball Edge, Photobox saved a significant amount on storage costs for its 10 PB of photo storage.

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  • Hypergiant

    Hypergiant uses data from space to help accelerate terrestrial solutions and the expansion of humanity beyond the earth for the longevity of our species. Their core mission is to provide actionable intelligence at the edge fusing a common operating picture and multiple data inputs with custom AI/ ML tools. Hypergiant creates solutions to improve global conditions ranging from sustainability, climate change, cybersecurity, agriculture, smart cities and disaster relief.

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    AWS figured out a way to extend cloud-based capabilities to the tactical edge. AWS Snowball is a cloud native, high-compute, high-storage, mailable, droppable box of awesome.

    Quentin Donnellan, President of Space and Defense, Hypergiant