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Course overview

Welcome to theAWS Snowball Edge Logistics and Planning course! This course consists of two courses or modules to help you gain a deeper understanding the processes of how to implement the AWS Snowball Edge service offering.

AWS Snowball Edge Logistics

AWS Snowball Edge Job Planning

This course, you learn about the logistics for a Snowball Edge job and job planning. The logistics topics introduce you to AWS Snowball Edge availability, shipping practices, and pricing to help you understand the logistics and costs associated with a Snowball Edge job for planning purposes. You have the opportunity to apply logistics and practice information to use case scenarios.

The job planning topics introduce you to access and network planning, planning large data transfer jobs, planning a proof of concept, and compute planning.

Course description

In this course, you will learn to do the following:

Identify where an AWS Snowball Edge device can be used

Apply AWS Snowball Edge shipping restrictions and limitations based on AWS Regions to plan a job

Discuss AWS Snowball Edge pricing components

Explain the long-term pricing model

Identify networking, infrastructure, and access requirements.

Describe data transfer and data access requirements.

Discuss dataset preparation and data transfer activities.

Explain compute preparation activities for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and AWS Lambda

Manage preparation actions for each Snowball Edge job type.

Course outline

Course 1: AWS Snowball Edge Logistics

Section 1: Overview

  • Lesson 1: How to Use This Course
  • Lesson 2: Course Overview
  • Section 2: AWS Snowball Edge Availability

  • Lesson 3: AWS Snowball Edge Availability Overview
  • Lesson 4: Use Cases: Data Transfer
  • Section 3: Compute and Storage

  • Lesson 5: Snowball Edge Local Compute and Storage
  • Lesson 6: Regional Availability and Shipping Rules
  • Lesson 7: Choosing an AWS Region for your Snowball Edge Job
  • Lesson 8: Exercise: Choosing the Appropriate AWS Region
  • Section 4: AWS Snowball Edge Processing Timelines

  • Lesson 9: Estimating the Snowball Edge Delivery Timeline
  • Lesson 10: Estimating the Snowball Edge Return Timeline
  • Section 5: Understanding Snowball Edge Pricing

  • Lesson 11: AWS Snowball Edge Pricing
  • Section 6: Knowledge Check

  • Lesson 12: Knowledge Check
  • Section 7: Additional Resources

  • Lesson 13: Snowball Edge Additional Resources
  • Course 2: AWS Snowball Edge Job Planning

    Section 1: Overview

  • Lesson 1: How to Use This Course
  • Lesson 2: Course Overview
  • Section 2: Planning Components

  • Lesson 3: Common Planning Components
  • Lesson 4: Access Planning
  • Lesson 5: Network Planning
  • Section 3: Data Transfer Planning

  • Lesson 6: Planning for Data Transfers
  • Lesson 7: Considerations for Data Size, Layout, and Naming Conventions
  • Lesson 8: Data Transfer Methods
  • Lesson 9: Considerations for Data Destination and Format
  • Lesson 10: Proof of Concept
  • Section 4: Other Job Planning Considerations

  • Lesson 11: Compute Planning
  • Lesson 12: Considerations for Export from Amazon S3 Jobs
  • Section 5: Knowledge Check

  • Lesson 13: Knowledge Check
  • Section 6: Additional Resources

  • Lesson 14: Snowball Edge Additional Resources
  • Entry requirements

    We recommend that attendees of this course have reviewed:

    General AWS knowledge such as Cloud Practitioner Essentials

    Completed AWS Snowball Edge Primer course

    Physical and cloud storage foundational skills

    General knowledge of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

    General knowledge of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

    General knowledge of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

    General knowledge of AWS Lambda

    General knowledge of AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)

    Course options

    Course Type: Online
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