I am curious when to use a Snowmobile vs Snowball(s).
Pricing
Snowball
Service fees per job:
50 TB (42 TB usable): $200
80 TB (72 TB usable): $250
Transfer: free transfer in
Daily charges: First 10 days free. $15/day ($20/day for some regions) thereafter.
Shipping charges: Varies
Snowmobile
Storage price: $0.005/GB per month
Transfer: free transfer in
Transfer fees: ???
My question revolves around which is the most cost-effective in certain scenarios. Also, I am not finding any transfer fees or shipping charges for Snowmobile.
Let’s say you have 100 TB of data:
100 TB = 100 * 1024 GB = 102,400 GB
Snowball pricing:
3 x 50 TB (126 TB) = $600
2 x 80 TB (144 TB) = $500
1×80 TB + 1×50 TB (114 TB) = $450
Other fees: Let’s assume $0 and it takes 10 days.
Lowest cost = $450
Snowmobile pricing:
$0.005/GB * 102,400 GB = $512
Other fees: ???
Lowest cost out of the options: 1×80 TB + 1×50 TB Snowball for $450
Does this seem correct and reasonable?
1 Answers
Snowmobile is for Petabytes not Terabytes. For Terabytes Snowball will always be cheaper.
Snowmobile is a Truck, so distance and all those logistics etc come into play for pricing – so no standard price for that.
That’s what I figured. Thanks!
I also read through the FAQ page for Snowmobile. The pricing page is very limited. The FAQ page states "To migrate large datasets of 10PB or more in a single location, you should use Snowmobile. For datasets less than 10PB or distributed in multiple locations, you should use Snowball."
From the Snowmobile FAQ: "To migrate large datasets of 10PB or more in a single location, you should use Snowmobile. For datasets less than 10PB or distributed in multiple locations, you should use Snowball."