> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://notes.radifine.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://notes.radifine.com/aws/aws-storage-services.md). # AWS Storage Services It can be divided into three main categories * File Storage (EBS, EFS, FSx) * Object Storage (S3) * Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, Elasticache, Redshift, DocumentDB etc) For large-scale data transfer, AWS Snowball and AWS Snowmobile can be used. * AWS Snowball - It is a physical device delivered by AWS that can be connected to a network to physically migrate upto petabytes of data into it, which is then carried by AWS to a AWS data center and then the data is uploaded to S3 * AWS Snowmobile - It is a ruggedized shipping container (on a truck) that supports exabyte scale transfer where AWS sets up a connection to customer's existing network. AWS then loads the data to snowmobile and then the container is transferred to an AWS data center to upload it to S3.