AWS Snowcone: Providing Portable Edge Computing and Data Transfer

This lesson explores how the AWS Snowcone service can be used to provide portable edge computing and data transfer. We'll cover the basics of the service, what it's used for, how to request one, and how to transfer data in and out of it. For any feedback relating to this lesson, please contact us at support@cloudacademy.com. 

Learning Objectives

• Learn the basics of AWS Snowcone, its features, and its typical use cases
• Learn how to request a Snowcone and transfer data with it

Intended Audience

• Anyone looking to understand more about the AWS Snowcone and how it can be used to run operations at the edge in addition to providing data transfer capabilities both into and out of AWS.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have an understanding and awareness of the Amazon S3 storage service in addition to a basic understanding of edge computing.