Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to transfer large amounts of data into and out of aws cloud.

For an AWS interview question about what a “Snowball” is, the correct answer would be:

“A Snowball is a physical data transport solution provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for transferring large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud. It is a rugged, tamper-resistant device designed to securely transfer petabytes of data using multiple layers of encryption. Snowball devices come in different sizes (Snowball, Snowball Edge, and Snowmobile) and are used when transferring data over the internet would be impractical due to its size, cost, or security concerns.”