Backup Your AWS RDS databases to external storage

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Explore all AWS RDS Backups we support

We have lots of solutions for AWS RDS backups. Learn more about the one that suits your needs.

AWS RDS Aurora MySQL
Backup your RDS Aurora MySQL database to s3 or other providers s3 storage
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AWS RDS Mariadb
Backup your RDS Mariadb database to s3 or other providers s3 storage
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AWS RDS MySQL Community
Backup your RDS Community MySQL database to s3 or other providers s3 storage
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Learn how SnapShooter makes backups of your AWS RDS.

Watch the way your data flows from source to the storage you decide.

Server Based AWS RDS Backups

For customers who already have a server and want their RDS Database data to stay within their own network, only meta sent back to SnapShooter.

  1. SnapShooter Connects Via SSH to your server
  2. Once Connected this server connects directly to your RDS Database and begins the backup process
  3. Data from RDS Database begins streaming to your server
  4. Your Server compresses the data and uploads it to your storage
  5. Confirmation of uploaded chunk is received, repeat steps 3, 4, 5 until backup completed
  6. During the backup meta data is periodic sent back to SnapShooter for real-time monitoring
  7. Once the backup is completed SnapShooter confirms the file size with the storage

Serverless AWS RDS Backups

For customers who want us to directly access your RDS Database using SnapShooter's fleet of global servers.

  1. SnapShooter boots a container in a SnapShooter cluster of your choosing
  2. Once booted this container connects your RDS Database and begins the backup process
  3. Data from RDS Database begins streaming to the SnapShooter Container
  4. The container compresses the data and uploads it to your storage
  5. Confirmation of uploaded chunk is received, repeat steps 3, 4, 5 until backup completed
  6. During the backup meta data is periodic sent back to SnapShooter for real-time monitoring
  7. Once the backup is completed SnapShooter confirms the file size with the storage

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