Backup and Disaster Recovery in the cloud

Backup and Disaster recovery

Why do we backup data ?

• minimize time to recover
• minimize data loss
• balance cost with liability

How looks the traditional backup ?

• expensive
• time consuming
• high capex
• high opex
• only big companies can afford it
• requires department, processes, very complex

The best way to modernize the backup architecture is using cloud.

• API driven
• simple , secure and durable
• variable cost

Immediate cloud backup benefits :

Typical cloud service is AWS S3 and AWS S3 Glacier  designed for 99,999999999% durability.

Backup patterns :

File gateway 

Use cases : 

• back up on-premises data to the cloud
• hybrid cloud workflows
• low-latency on-premises access to cloud storage
• content distribution and collaboration

tape gateway

volume gateway

For the AWS computing :

EBS Snapshots

Amazon EFS Snapshots for databases

Cloud service for backup : AWS Backup : centralize compliance, automate backup, work across services.

Disaster Recovery

• natural disasters
• infrastructure availabilit and access
• rogue actors

Estimate is that only 49% organizations would be unlikely to survive if hit by a disaster.

Modernizing DR using cloud

• API driven
• Low overhead
• variable cost

Disaster in the cloud benefits :

• no upfront hardware investment needed
• only pay for rightsized compute/storage when needed
• lower it mgmt
• more automation
• easy and repeatable testing
• systems up in minutes

Light recovery

Warm stand by

hot site recovery

Conclusion

Using the cloud for backup and disaster recovery provides benefits and lower cost and immediate use. Provides value for organization to secure their digital assets.