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title: "Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance"
slug: "wasabi-ball-transfer-appliance"
updated: 2026-01-16T20:13:37Z
published: 2026-01-16T20:13:37Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/wasabi-ball-transfer-appliance"
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# Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance

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Cut data transfer times and high network costs.

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Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance (Wasabi Ball) lets you move large datasets to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage quickly, conveniently, and cost-effectively. It expedites data transfer to avoid delays caused by high-cost network dependency and security concerns when transferring large datasets over the public internet. Wasabi Ball is a practical solution you do not want to incur expenses on network upgrades, you frequently have data build-ups, you are situated in a remote area, or high-speed internet is not feasible or costly.

Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance is a NAS storage device with numerous disks in a RAID 0 array. It securely stores up to 250 TB of data. Wasabi Ball is delivered with one of two storage devices: Netgear and QNAP. To identify the Wasabi Ball device you received, check the label on the front of the device. It will be either NETGEAR or QNAP.

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[**Wasabi Ball With a Netgear Device**](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/wasabi-ball)

- Powering up and shutting down
- Getting started
- Transferring data
- Returning the Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance

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[**Wasabi Ball With a QNAP Device**](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/wasabi-ball-v2)

- Powering up and shutting down
- Getting started
- Returning the Wasabi Ball Transfer Appliance

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