AWS Storage & Backup

AWS Backup

Central, policy-based backups across AWS services such as EC2, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB and EFS.

What is AWS Backup?

AWS Backup lets you define backup plans once and apply them to EC2, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS, S3 and more, with retention rules, cross-region copies and audit reports.

Key features

  • Central backup policies
  • Cross-region and cross-account copies
  • Backup Vault Lock against deletion
  • Restore testing
  • Compliance reporting

What it is used for

  • Scheduled backups
  • Backup compliance
  • Cross-region copies

When to use it

  • Protecting production data
  • Meeting retention and compliance rules
  • Ransomware resilience

When something else fits better

  • Data that is easy to rebuild and needs no retention

How pricing works

Charged for backup storage per GB-month, restores and cross-region transfer. Prices change and differ by region; we confirm current costs for your setup before you commit.

Equivalent on Google Cloud

The closest Google Cloud service is Backup and DR Service: centrally managed backup and disaster recovery for VMs, databases and file systems.

How DomainHostly helps with AWS Backup

  • Plan: choose the right setup, size and region for your workload and budget.
  • Set up securely: configure AWS Backup with least-privilege access, encryption and backups where they apply.
  • Migrate: move from shared hosting, your own servers or the other cloud with minimal downtime.
  • Run and optimise: monitoring, updates and regular cost reviews so you only pay for what you use.

Storage & Backup: Object, block and file storage, archives and backups for any amount of data.

What to consider: Storage & Backup

  • Match the storage type to the access pattern: object storage for files and backups, block for a server's disk, file storage for shared folders.
  • Use lifecycle rules to move old data to cheaper classes automatically.
  • Turn on versioning or backups and test a restore before you need it.

Related services: Storage & Backup