You can use the Snowball Edge device to transfer large backups in terabytes from the physical servers, virtual machines, and NAS shares to the Cloud in a bandwidth-compromised environment.

By leveraging the elasticity and scale-out capabilities provided by the Cloud, Druva enables organizations to centralize the data protection and management for enterprise workloads, including file servers, NAS shares, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines. However, Druva does not support this service to back up data from SQL servers and Oracle databases.

You can order the Snowball Edge device only in the regions where,

For example, if Snowball Edge is supported in the UK but if Druva does not support the UK datacenter, then you cannot order a Snowball Edge device in the UK region.

To know the AWS regions in which you can order a Snowball Edge device, see the Cloud Status page of the Support Portal.

One Snowball Edge device can be used for backing up data from only one organization. You can use the Snowball Edge device for seeding at your organization where the Snowball Edge device is originally shipped. AWS strictly prohibits the movement of the same device across organizations.

By default, a single 100 TB Snowball Edge device has approximately 80 TB of usable storage. For more details, see AWS Snowball Edge Specifications.

You can place a request for the Snowball Edge device from the Management Console. For more information, see Order a Snowball Edge device.

To avoid any data leakage during the transit, Druva encrypts and compresses the data in the Snowball Edge using a customer key.

You can place a request for the Snowball Edge device from the Management Console. For more information, see Order a Snowball Edge device.

How do I calculate storage source reduction factor for my storage?

After the Snowball Edge device arrives at your datacenter, you can set up the device as follows:

For more information, see Set up a Snowball Edge device.

When you order a Snowball Edge device, Druva requires you to specify the target storage region for backing up your data. AWS processes the Snowball Edge based on the specified storage region and imports data to the intended storage region in the Cloud.

You can transfer up to 80 TB deduped data with a single Snowball Edge device. Depending on the source data size, you can request the desired number of the Snowball Edge devices.

You can back up the data to the Snowball Edge device as follows: set up the Snowball device in your data center, configure the Snowball device, attach backup sets to back up the data, and trigger/schedule the backup job. For details, see Back up data using Snowball Edge.

The backup process depends on the workload type of data you want to back up, the data size, and the network speed.

Ordering a Snowball Edge device is a service that is charged separately and is not a part of the standard Druva subscription. Contact the Sales team for more details.

When you ship a Snowball Edge device to AWS, AWS imports the data to the Cloud. You are not charged for shipping data to AWS. Contact the Sales team for more details.