AWS Storage Gateway & Snow Family

Learn how to migrate data to AWS using hybrid cloud storage and physical devices.

migration-config.json
{
"StorageGateway": {
"Type": "FileGateway",
"Protocol": "NFS"
}
}
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Tutor:AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that enables your on-premises applications to seamlessly use AWS cloud storage. It provides three types of gateways: File Gateway, Volume Gateway, and Tape Gateway.


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Concept 1: Storage Gateway

Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that enables on-premises applications to use AWS cloud storage. It provides three types: File Gateway (file interface to S3), Volume Gateway (block storage), and Tape Gateway (VTL interface).

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Storage Gateway & Snow Family (Data Migration)

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Pascual Vila

Cloud Instructor.

AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that enables your on-premises applications to seamlessly use AWS cloud storage. The Snow Family provides physical devices for large-scale data transfers into and out of AWS.

Storage Gateway Types

Storage Gateway provides three types: File Gateway (file interface to S3 via NFS/SMB), Volume Gateway (block storage volumes with Stored and Cached modes), and Tape Gateway (virtual tape library interface to S3 and Glacier).

Snow Family

AWS Snow Family includes Snowball (petabyte-scale data transport), Snowball Edge (compute and storage at the edge), and Snowmobile (exabyte-scale data transport). These physical devices are used when network transfer is impractical or too slow.

Use Cases

Storage Gateway is ideal for hybrid cloud storage, backup and disaster recovery, and cloud bursting. Snow Family is used for large-scale data migrations, data center decommissions, and content distribution to edge locations.

Storage Gateway & Snow Family Glossary

Storage Gateway
A hybrid cloud storage service that enables on-premises applications to use AWS cloud storage. Provides File Gateway, Volume Gateway, and Tape Gateway types.
File Gateway
A Storage Gateway type that provides a file interface into Amazon S3. Supports NFS and SMB protocols, with local caching for low-latency access.
Volume Gateway
A Storage Gateway type that provides block storage volumes. Has Stored Volumes (full dataset cached) and Cached Volumes (frequent data cached) modes.
Tape Gateway
A Storage Gateway type that provides a virtual tape library (VTL) interface. Virtual tapes are stored in S3 and archived to Glacier, compatible with existing backup software.
Snowball
A petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses physical devices to transfer large amounts of data into and out of AWS. Used when network transfer is impractical.
Snowball Edge
A Snow Family device that provides compute and storage capabilities at the edge. Can run Lambda functions and process data locally before transferring to AWS.