A studio must move 80 TB of footage to S3 but its internet upload would take weeks. Which AWS service ships a physical device to load data offline?
A.AWS DataSync
DataSync transfers over the network — it doesn't bypass bandwidth limits.
B.AWS Snowball
Correct. Physical device, offline transfer.
C.AWS Direct Connect
Direct Connect is a dedicated network link — data still travels as bits, just faster.
D.Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
Acceleration speeds uploads over the internet — doesn't remove the bandwidth problem.
Why this answer
Snowball ships a ruggedized storage device: you load data locally, ship it back, AWS ingests it — the standard answer for large offline transfers. DataSync and Transfer Acceleration still move data over the network.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-11-01
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