[Announcement] AWS Snowcone SSD is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central) and South America ( Sao Paulo)

The AWS Snowcone solid state drive (SSD) device is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central) and South America( Sao Paulo) regions adding to our growing list of regions already offering Snowcone SSD including AWS US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon) and US West (San Francisco) Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London).

AWS Snowcone is the smallest device of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing, edge storage, and data migration devices. Snowcone is available in both hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) device types. Both device types are portable, rugged, and secure – small and light enough to fit in a backpack, and are able to withstand harsh environments. Customers use Snowcone to deploy applications at the edge, and to collect data, process it locally, and move it to AWS either offline by shipping the device to AWS, or online by using AWS DataSync on Snowcone to send the data to AWS over the network.

Edge locations often lack the space, power, and cooling needed for data center IT equipment to run applications and data migrations. With 2 CPUs, 4 GB of memory, 8 TB of usable storage on Snowcone HDD, 14 TB of usable storage on Snowcone SSD, and wired networking, Snowcone runs edge computing workloads with select Amazon EC2 instances or AWS IoT Greengrass to migrate data to AWS. Snowcone is small, approximately 9 inches x 6 inches x 3 inches, weighs 4.5 pounds (lbs.), and supports operation via battery for mobility.

To setup and manage Snowcone, you can use AWS OpsHub, a graphical user interface that enables you to rapidly deploy edge computing workloads and simplify data migration to the cloud. DataSync comes pre-installed on the device to move data online to and from Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, or Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, as well as between AWS Storage services.

Access the AWS Region services list to see where AWS Snowcone is available. To learn more, visit the AWS Snowcone documentation and Snowcone product page. To get started, order Snowcone in the AWS Snow Family console.