Seeding Data Using Snowball; Creating A Snowball Job In Aws - NetApp AltaVault AVA400 Administration Manual

Transferring data to the cloud using Amazon Snowball
The amount of time required for transferring data from AltaVault to Snowball can vary based on the data size and
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throughput rate for your network connection. Estimates range from hours to days when completely filling a
Snowball. The data transfer rate when using a direct connection is approximately 150 MB per second.
Snowball is available in 50 TB or 80 TB capacities. AltaVault supports writing to only one Snowball at a time.
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Do not resume replication until after the seeded data has been verified in Amazon and the seeding operation is
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complete.
Any data transferred to Snowball remains and will be copied to the cloud bucket when the Snowball is returned to
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Amazon. If a Snowball job is canceled and the Snowball is re-used for a new seeding operation, the existing
contents of the Snowball are overwritten with the latest copy.

Seeding data using Snowball

The Snowball appliance is available through Amazon Web Services (AWS). This section covers the following topics:
"Creating a Snowball job in AWS" on page 160
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"Transferring data from AltaVault to Snowball" on page 161
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"Managing data transfers on AltaVault" on page 162
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"Verifying and completing data transfer" on page 163
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Read this entire procedure before deploying Snowball with AltaVault.

Creating a Snowball job in AWS

1. Log in to the Amazon Web Services at https:/console.aws.amazon.com/.
2. Select Snowball from the list of Storage & Content Delivery services.
3. In the Job dashboard, select Create a job.
4. Under Plan your job, click Import into Amazon S3
5. Click Next.
6. Under Give shipping details, select the shipping address and shipping speed.
7. Click Next.
8. Under Give job details, specify the job information:
Job information
Import job name
Region
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Description
Specify a name to apply to the job. This can be the same as the
bucket name.
Select a destination region from the pull-down menu.
NetApp AltaVault Cloud Integrated Storage Administration Guide
Seeding data using Snowball