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# Snowball Cluster

Snowball Cluster is an AWS resource that represents a group of Snowball Edge devices working together to transfer or process large amounts of data. It allows customers to scale out storage and compute capacity by linking multiple devices into a single cluster, making it suitable for edge computing, data migration, and temporary local workloads before transferring data back to AWS.

```
aws.snowball_cluster
```

## Fields

| Title                           | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| _key                            | core | string     |
| account_id                      | core | string     |
| address_id                      | core | string     | The automatically generated ID for a specific address.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| cluster_id                      | core | string     | The automatically generated ID for a cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| cluster_state                   | core | string     | The current status of the cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| creation_date                   | core | timestamp  | The creation date for this cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| description                     | core | string     | The optional description of the cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| forwarding_address_id           | core | string     | The ID of the address that you want a cluster shipped to, after it will be shipped to its primary address. This field is not supported in most regions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| job_type                        | core | string     | The type of job for this cluster. Currently, the only job type supported for clusters is LOCAL_USE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| kms_key_arn                     | core | string     | The KmsKeyARN Amazon Resource Name (ARN) associated with this cluster. This ARN was created using the CreateKey API action in Key Management Service (KMS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| notification                    | core | json       | The Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification settings for this cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| on_device_service_configuration | core | json       | Represents metadata and configuration settings for services on an Amazon Web Services Snow Family device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| resources                       | core | json       | The arrays of JobResource objects that can include updated S3Resource objects or LambdaResource objects.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| role_arn                        | core | string     | The role ARN associated with this cluster. This ARN was created using the CreateRole API action in Identity and Access Management (IAM).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| shipping_option                 | core | string     | The shipping speed for each node in this cluster. This speed doesn't dictate how soon you'll get each device, rather it represents how quickly each device moves to its destination while in transit. Regional shipping speeds are as follows: In Australia, you have access to express shipping. Typically, devices shipped express are delivered in about a day. In the European Union (EU), you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day. In addition, most countries in the EU have access to standard shipping, which typically takes less than a week, one way. In India, Snow devices are delivered in one to seven days. In the US, you have access to one-day shipping and two-day shipping. |
| snowball_type                   | core | string     | The type of Snowball Edge device to use for this cluster. For cluster jobs, Amazon Web Services Snow Family currently supports only the EDGE device type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| tags                            | core | hstore_csv |
| tax_documents                   | core | json       | The tax documents required in your Amazon Web Services Region.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
