AWS BACKUP SERVICES
- AWS Backup is a fully managed backup service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows you to centralize and automate the backup of your AWS resources, as well as your on-premises resources, into a unified backup solution. AWS Backup supports various AWS services, including Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and others.
- There are multiple ways to configure backup we can configure backup using a third-party app, or we can do it with Snapshot
- But AWS backup service is unique to the other backup services because AWS provides multiple options like Storage backup configure, Database backup configuration like DynamoDB, or we can configure a backup of VM then there is a single place AWS backup in which we can get backup of every service.
- Where Snapshot is less reliable AWS is much reliable.
Companies using aws backup service-
1. Netflix: The popular streaming platform has utilized various AWS services, including AWS Backup, to manage and protect its massive amount of video content and customer data.
2. Airbnb: The online marketplace for lodging and accommodations has relied on AWS services, including AWS Backup, to ensure the security and availability of its data infrastructure.
3. BMW: The automotive manufacturer has adopted AWS services, including AWS Backup, for their data backup and recovery needs, particularly in managing their vehicle data and systems.
4. Samsung: The multinational technology company has been known to use AWS services for various aspects of its business operations, including data backup and protection.
5. Pinterest: The image-sharing and social media platform has leveraged AWS services, including AWS Backup, to manage its data and ensure its availability and recoverability.
6. Intuit: The financial software company, known for products like QuickBooks and TurboTax, has utilized AWS services, including AWS Backup, for its data backup and disaster recovery strategies.
How to configure the backup of an instance -
- Select an instance of which we want to do the backup
- Now go to the AWS backup service and then click on Create Backup plan
- Select Build a new plan and then give the backup plan name
- Give backup rule name, Backup vault
- Give the backup frequency like in how many days we want a backup of our data so the aws backup service would configure the backup
- Here cold storage means that for how long do we need backup
- Suppose we provide here 2 weeks then after two weeks our backup will delete automatically
- This reduces our cost
- Click on create plan
- Now give a name to the resource assignment
- Select here Resource type as EC2 and give here our instance ID
- Here we can see our Resource assignments
- Now click on Dashboard, here we can see that 1 job is in the process
- Now go to the jobs section on the left, here we can see that our backup to that instance has been configured
Task : Configure a backup of lamda function ..
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