AWS Storage Blog
Author: Enrique Ramirez
Enrique is a Senior Service Solutions Architect with the AWS Backup team. Based in Dallas, Texas Enrique enjoys helping customers build their data protection solutions and diving deep into their business requirements to make sure their solutions are a perfect fit. When he’s not working, he loves to spend time with his family and travel around the world.
Streamlining Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) for Amazon Aurora with AWS Backup
Customers expect database solutions to be both scalable and equipped with robust recovery mechanisms to address unexpected data disruptions. Unintentional transactions or system failures can impact the business. Recovering to a specific point-in-time with point-in-time-recovery (PITR) is indispensable for some customers with critical workloads or compliance requirements AWS Backup simplifies protecting Amazon Aurora databases with […]
Delegated administrator support for AWS Backup
[Update: 12/13/2022 – Under Step 2. Delegate backup policy in AWS Organizations console, the JSON policy paragraph and sample JSON policy were updated.] Until today, backup administrators had to use the AWS Organizations management account to administer backup policies and monitor cross-account backup activities. However, the use of the AWS Organizations management account should only […]
Audit your backup RPOs with AWS Backup Audit Manager
When designing a backup and recovery strategy, one important factor is aligning your application’s recovery point objectives (RPO) with your business continuity goals. The ability to continuously detect drifts in your RPOs, due to backup plan misconfigurations or job failures, and identifying non-compliant resources is a critical need for customers. In August 2021, AWS Backup […]