Architecture World 1 · Block, File, Object · Stage 5

Back It Up

Every resource has an RPO and an RTO on paper and a nightly snapshot in practice. Make the interval match the promise, and keep a copy where the production account cannot reach.

AWS Backup
RPO and RTO
Point-in-time recovery
Cross-Region and cross-account copies
EBS snapshots

Domain: Core architecture
World: Architecture World 1: Block, File, Object (Associate)
Game type: Solution board: Drop services into each row's slots, then run records through them.
Time: About 25 minutes on a first attempt (estimated)
Exam guides: SAA-C03Task 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controls; Task 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures; Task 4.1: Design cost-optimized storage solutions; Task 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutions
SOA-C03Skill 2.3.1: Automate snapshots and backups for AWS resources (for example, EC2 instances, RDS DB instances, EBS volumes, S3 buckets, DynamoDB tables) by using AWS services (for example, AWS Backup); Skill 2.3.2: Use various methods to restore databases (for example, point-in-time restore) to meet recovery time objective (RTO), recovery point objective (RPO), and cost requirements
SAP-C02Task 1.3: Design reliable and resilient architectures; Task 2.2: Design a solution to ensure business continuity
DOP-C02Task 3.3: Implement automated recovery processes to meet RTO and RPO requirements
SCS-C03Skill 5.2.4: Design and configure secure data replication and backup solutions (for example, Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager, AWS Backup, ransomware protection, AWS DataSync)