Using the AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance

The AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance is a physical hardware appliance with the Storage Gateway software preinstalled on a validated server configuration. You can manage the hardware appliances in your deployment from the Hardware appliance overview page in the AWS Storage Gateway console.

The hardware appliance is a high-performance 1U server that you can deploy in your data center, or on-premises inside your corporate firewall. When you buy and activate your hardware appliance, the activation process associates the hardware appliance with your AWS account. After activation, your hardware appliance appears in the console on the Hardware appliance overview page. You can configure the hardware appliance as an S3 File Gateway, FSx File Gateway, Tape Gateway, or Volume Gateway type. The procedure that you use to deploy these gateway types on a hardware appliance is same as on a virtual platform.

For a list of supported AWS Regions where the AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance is available for activation and use, see AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance Regions in the AWS General Reference.

In the sections that follow, you can find instructions about how to set up, rack mount, power, configure, activate, launch, use, and delete an AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance.