AWS Data Sync¶

TLDR¶

Data Sync is used for a secure one time transfer of data via the internet from a source into AWS.

Features¶

• accelerates copying large amounts of data between a source and aws
• encrypted

Use Cases¶

• one time transfers of data which no longer need to be in other location synced

Sources¶

• On premise
• Edge
• Other clouds

Targets¶

• S3
• EFS
• FSxWindowsFileServer
• FSxLustre
• FSX for OpenZFS
• NetApp ONTAP

Data Sync Agent¶

• Runs as a vm on premises

S3 Outpost¶

• Runs on EC2 on the outpost

Snowcone¶

• Agent comes pre installed on physical device

Route¶

• Onpremise File System -> On premise Data Sync Agent -> AWS DirectConnect or Internet -> AWS DataSync service -> Cloud storage