Describe the functionalities of AWS Snowball and its use cases.
AWS Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that enables secure and efficient transfer of large amounts of data into and out of AWS. It comes in two variants: Snowball Edge Storage Optimized and Snowball Edge Compute Optimized. Key functionalities include local storage and compute capabilities, integration with AWS services, and robust security features like end-to-end encryption. Use cases include large-scale data migrations, disaster recovery, content distribution, and edge computing. Snowball simplifies data transfer, reduces transfer times, and ensures secure handling of sensitive data.
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