A common reason customers deploy AWS Outposts is because they have something in their on-premises data center, such as a database, and the application has very tight latency or jitter requirements. It wouldn’t do much good if an EC2 instance on an AWS Outposts instance had to route back over the service link to get […]
While the incoming power from your data center to an AWS Outposts rack is standard AC, within each rack, the servers are all supplied via a DC power bus. This differs from standard AC Power Distribution Units (PDUs) found inside the racks of most on-premises data centers. In a standard AC PDU, AC power is […]
First, let’s define some terms that represent concepts that carry specific meanings within the context of AWS Outposts rack: AWS Outposts Rack: A managed service provided by AWS that is distinct from AWS Outposts server. One deployment of AWS Outposts rack can consist of multiple physical racks. Rack: When the word rack is used without […]
AWS Snowball and AWS Snowball Edge are physically large devices. They both weigh around 50 lbs (~23 kg) and are comparable in size to a suitcase. While functionally similar to the AWS Snowball Edge service, AWS Snowcone comes in a much smaller form factor. AWS Snowcone is best suited for migrations of smaller amounts of […]
