# Storage Gateway File Gateway Hardware Appliance

* The AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance is a **physical, standalone, validated server configuration for on-premises deployments**.<br>
* It **comes pre-loaded with Storage Gateway software**, and provides all the required CPU, memory, network, and SSD cache resources for creating and configuring File Gateway, Volume Gateway, or Tape Gateway.<br>
* The Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance is **designed to provide you with a simple out of the box experience that does not require any additional infrastructure**, and is managed from the AWS Console or API.<br>
* Helpful for **daily NFS backups**.