Aspera’s patented fasp™ technology is a next-generation transport protocol that eliminates the latency and packet loss bottlenecks of traditional file transfer paradigms such as FTP, HTTP, NFS and CIFS. By enabling high performance fasp™ data transport to, from and between remote cloud infrastructures, Aspera On-Demand allows AWS users to fully realize the scalability, efficiency gains and cost savings offered by the EC2 and S3 platforms.

With Aspera On-Demand for AWS, users have the freedom to transfer files at their full bandwidth capacity – hundreds of times faster than conventional technologies – with the assurance that highly valuable content will be moved and stored reliably, in total security.

Particularly aimed at data-intensive applications – such as video transcoding, media asset management, 3D animation and visual effects rendering, genomic sequence processing, large database hosting and more – Aspera On-Demand for AWS will benefit any workflow involving data transfers to, from and within the cloud.

Sign-up for Aspera On-Demand

Learn more by reading the Aspera On-Demand FAQs

Pricing:

1. Aspera software subscription (fixed cost per subscriber): $750/month ($25/day) prorated and billed on a monthly basis. This fixed cost is independent of the number of AMI instances running (i.e. you could have 1 or 10 Aspera On-Demand instances and subscription cost would still be $750/month). True to the AWS pay-as-you-go model, there is a cancel at any time policy, the $750 is refunded on a prorated monthly basis (i.e the number of days remaining in the month). You must unsubscribe from the Aspera software subscription to get the refund.

2. Aspera transport cost (variable cost): $0.15/GB (~$150/TB) moved in and out of all Aspera AMI's, billed monthly.

3. AWS infrastructure costs (variable cost):  e.g. EC2 hours, EBS volumes, data transport, S3 storage etc, billed monthly.
   

Core Features

• Unrivaled transfer performance

  • High-performance fasp™ IP-based transport technology

  • Maximum, latency-independent WAN throughput

  • Content security – in transit and at rest

  • Guaranteed, reliable delivery with full data integrity

  • Secure, standards-based user authentication

  • Highly-concurrent user connection architecture

• Extensive, scalable deployment options

  • FREE-OF-CHARGE Aspera Connect browser plug-in
    

  • Support for Aspera’s enterprise-class client/server applications

  • Workflow automation and API integration

  • Data synchronization and hot folders

• Customizable transfer policy and server management

  • Complete end-to-end monitoring and control

  • Remote transfer initiation

  • User and group policy creation (file permissions, bandwidth, priority)

  • Email notification and comprehensive activity reporting

Application examples

• Axceleon CloudFuzion – Turbocharged 3D Rendering on Amazon Web Services
  

Subscription Procedure

1. You need an active account with EC2 on Amazon Web Services.

2. Register your information with Aspera and you will be sent a purchase URL allowing to subscribe to the Aspera On-Demand paid AMI via the AWS website.
   

3. Once you have completed the subscription process, you will receive a confirmation from AWS, including the necessary AMI ID and instructions on what to do next.
   

4. To use Aspera On-Demand, you first need to start an EC2 instance using the Aspera On-Demand AMI ID. The instance can be started through the AWS management console, the AWS API, or third-party cloud management tools, such as RightScale.
   

NOTE: You will not be able to start the Aspera On-Demand AMI without completing the full registration and subscription process.

Supported Clients

• Aspera Connect (no-charge)
  

• Aspera Mobile Uploader (no-charge)

• Aspera Client (licensed)
  

• Aspera Point-to-Point (licensed)

AMI Specifications

• Support for all AWS regions
  

• 64-bit Fedora Linux OS

• Amazon Linux kernel 2.6.21.7-2.ec2.v1.2.fc8xen
  

• SE Linux enabled
  

• RAID local disk configuration (engineered to support the fastest disk i/o)
  

• 3 instance options
  

  • Standard Large
    

  • Standard Extra Large
    

  • High-CPU Extra Large