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Cloud-native Workload

Protect Amazon RDS and Aurora Databases

Recover Amazon RDS and Aurora databases to a precise point in time with immutable, air-gapped backups.

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Snapshots don’t always equal recovery.

Up to 8x lower long-term retention costs

Versus native approaches for database retention

Can you recover the exact record—or the whole database?

Traditional recovery often requires restoring full snapshots

Query data directly from backups

Retrieve records without full database restores

What is Amazon RDS backup and recovery?

Amazon RDS backup and recovery is the practice of protecting managed relational database instances — Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, Oracle — using immutable, point-in-time copies designed to survive ransomware, accidental deletion, and snapshot retention limits. 

Why Amazon RDS Requires Dedicated Protection

While Amazon RDS and Aurora provide built-in backup capabilities, organizations often require stronger cyber resilience, longer retention, and more flexible recovery to protect business-critical databases.

Key Factors

Native backups may not provide the immutable, air-gapped protection needed to recover from ransomware or account compromise.
Long-term retention and compliance requirements can exceed the capabilities of native backup and snapshot management.
Database failures, accidental deletion, and application errors require flexible recovery options that minimize downtime and data loss.

Resulting Operational Impact

Increased risk of prolonged outages and data loss following cyberattacks or operational failures.
Greater administrative overhead managing backup policies, retention, and recovery across multiple databases and AWS accounts.
Higher storage costs and reduced operational efficiency for long-term database protection and compliance support.

How CloudRecovery supports RDS

Automation

Automated, Unified Database Protection

Provides automated, policy-driven backups to help simplify recovery, compliance, and cyber resilience.

Cost Optimization

Cost-Efficient Long-Term Retention

Cuts archival storage costs by up to 90% while enabling long-term compliance without dedicated archival infrastructure.

Immutable Backups

Immutable, Air-Gapped Data Security Controls

Isolates immutable backups outside the production AWS account to minimize the impact of ransomware, accidental deletion, and account-level compromise during recovery.

Recovery

Granular, Query-Based Recovery

Supports audits and investigations by enabling simple query-based recovery of individual records without full database restores.

Organization Management

Business Outcomes

Helps organizations recover faster from ransomware and accidental data loss, reduce database downtime, simplify compliance and audit readiness, and lower the operational overhead of managing Amazon RDS backups.

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Native Amazon RDS vs. Cloud-Native Protection

	Native RDS Protection	Cloud-Native Protection
Immutable, air-gapped storage outside the production account	No	Yes
Query individual records directly from backups	No	Yes
Cost-efficient long-term retention	No	Yes

CloudRecover protection capabilities for Amazon RDS

Automated, policy-based RDS backups

Immutable, air-gapped backup storage

Cost-efficient long-term retention

Query-based record recovery

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why should AWS customers protect Amazon RDS and Aurora databases?

Even with AWS’s built-in RDS capabilities, relational databases remain vulnerable to accidental deletion, data corruption, ransomware, and misconfigurations. Native RDS automated backups have limitations around retention and cross-account visibility and managing snapshots at scale can become complex without immutability, air-gapping, and centralized compliance controls.

How does CloudRecover protect Amazon RDS and Aurora databases?

CloudRecover protects Amazon RDS and Aurora with automated backups, point-in-time recovery, and immutable, air-gapped storage, enabling organizations to be able to recover from ransomware, accidental deletion, and data corruption without managing backup infrastructure.

How is CloudRecover used for long-term archival and compliance support in Amazon RDS?

For databases with long-term retention requirements, CloudRecover supports air-gapped, immutable backups that can be retained for compliance and audit purposes. These backups are queryable, enabling record-level retrieval during audits without requiring full database restores.

How does CloudRecover support ransomware recovery for Amazon RDS?

CloudRecover takes automated, incremental backups and stores protected copies in an isolated environment outside the production AWS account. This supports recovery workflows following ransomware or cyber incidents and provides centralized visibility and reporting.

How is CloudRecover used for short-term operational recovery in Amazon RDS?

CloudRecovercan orchestrate and manage in-account RDS automated backups to support recovery from accidental deletions or corruption. This allows teams to use existing AWS snapshots for short-term operational recovery while applying consistent policies and visibility.

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