Using AWS Storage for On-Premises Backup & Disaster Recovery

Difficulty: Intermediate

Duration: 2 minutes and 36 seconds

Students: 16,996

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With an on-premises data backup solution within your data center, it’s critical for your business to have a disaster recovery plan built into your business continuity plans. You need to have a plan in place should a disaster occur that affects your operation of the business. The same is true when you start to leverage the cloud for its storage capabilities for your backed-up data.

This lesson explains how cloud storage fits in with DR and the different considerations when preparing to design a solution to back up your on-premises data to AWS. It will explain how Amazon S3, AWS Snowball, and AWS Storage Gateway can all be used to help with the transfer and storage of your backup data.

You should not assume that just because you are backing data up to the cloud it will solve your every need: there are many points of consideration when planning a DR backup solution to the cloud, such as AWS. However, it does also provide opportunities that may not have been possible with a standard on-premises backup solution. It’s these points of interest that many enterprises are focusing on to gain a significant advantage when it comes to disaster recovery.

AWS has a number of different services available to help you architect the best solution for your needs. To allow you to set up the correct solution that works for you, you must first understand how each of these services can be of benefit to you.

To help you implement effective solutions, you must first have answers to the following:

What is your RTO (Recovery Time Objective)?
What is your RPO (Recovery Point Objective)?
How quickly do you need to retrieve your data?
How much data do you need to import/export?
What durability is required for your data?
How sensitive is your data?
What security mechanisms are required to protect your data?
Do you have any compliance controls that you need to abide by?

When you have answers to these questions, you will be able to start working towards an effective backup solution to create a cost-efficient, highly reliable, durable, and secure data backup storage solution.

Learning Objectives

Gain an understanding of how your storage solution can affect your business continuity and DR plans.
Obtain the knowledge to know when to use specific AWS storage solutions to your advantage between Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, AWS Snowball, and AWS Storage Gateway.
Understand how each of these services can provide a DR solution to fit your specific needs.

Intended Audience

This lesson has been designed for:

Engineers who need to manage and maintain AWS storage services
Architects who are implementing effective data backup solutions from on-premises to AWS
Business continuity management managers
Anyone looking to prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certification