Critical Importance of DRaaS for your Business for Now and the Future

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It is a pattern which repeats itself year after year. From monsoons to floods to earthquakes, disasters are common to India. A 2018 UN report estimated that India has been among the top five countries with disaster-related economic losses of more than $79.5 billion in the last twenty years. India is also the 14th most vulnerable country in the world, according to the 2019 Global Climate Risk Index report.

Given this context, a robust disaster recovery process is absolutely vital, as the survival of the organization depends on it. In the current times, this is even more critical, as the Covid 19 crisis has enforced many more limitations with respect to physical access. Hence, irrespective of the size, every organization today needs a digital component. The cost of downtime in a digital age can be disastrous as it can shut down the ability of the business to deliver services to its end customers.

Traditional DR involves a huge number of steps, and is not only expensive, but also complex to execute. Firstly, setting up an alternate DR site requires enterprises to invest in acquiring the required space and the associated infrastructure (power, cooling, IT equipment) and manpower. Configuring the required infrastructure is also a complex process, as every component of the infrastructure has to be ready for deployment. This requires testing networks, software, hardware and applications. Data backup is also a tedious process. For example, if the backup medium is tape, then the tapes have to be delivered to the secondary DR site in the event of a disaster. Further, applications have to be patched with the latest updates and the network has to be configured to match the required specifications (firewall rules, authentication, DNS settings). Even if there is a small failure in one of the steps, then it stalls the entire recovery process. In the goal towards achieving DR compliance, organizations choose the DR strategy depending on the business risk. For example, the faster the recovery time needed, the more expensive is the solution. If the recovery time is slower, the cheaper is the solution. Hence, there is always a trade off between the benefit and the cost

How DRaaS can help?

Thanks to the cloud, DRaaS has emerged as a powerful option. DRaaS can help enterprises
overcome all the issues that are present with traditional DR.
Here is how

1. Faster recovery time: 

IT infrastructure components such as the operating system, application data and related patches can be quickly copied to the offsite DR site and be made live in a shorter period of time.

2. Efficient recovery: 

As every process is automated, replication is extremely efficient when compared to manual processes, which can have the probability of errors. Further, due to lower costs, organizations can test the reliability of their DR process more often, than they could have done using a traditional process. As the frequency of testing increases, it increases the accuracy, as organizations understand the gaps in their process, and can also determine the time taken for gauging how quickly critical workloads can be recovered in case of a disaster.

3. Lower TCO:

A pay-per-use model allows enterprises to pay only for actual usage. Enterprises only have to pay when data transfer takes place between the primary and

secondary site.

4. Lower upfront investment:

The cloud has levelled the playing field for even smaller organizations, as there is zero capital investment, and an enterprise has to only pay when the cloud option is used

5. Anywhere access:

The ability to access information from any part of the globe gives DRaaS a massive advantage. As the information is stored in the cloud, a DR process can be fired from anywhere in the world by just using a smartphone or a laptop. This is of huge advantage in the current situation, where organizations have been forced to cut down their manpower visiting their data centers. Today, DRaaS gives organizations the capability to shift the operations to a remote DR site quickly.

In an environment that demands an always-on infrastructure, DRaaS is a must have option today, as it gives enterprises the confidence and the ability to bounce back quickly in case of any disaster.

Quick refurbishing for EFS level recovery delivered through AWS Backup

AWS Backup is an authorised backup facility that makes it more convenient to configure and administer automatically, the back-up of data across AWS services in the cloud system that is on-premises utilising the AWS Storage Gateway. AWS Backup supports a sleek experience for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Item Level Recovery. Users can use AWS Backup to perform coarse recovery of individual files and folders from the Amazon EFS backups utilising an integrated console, for a simplified and quick restore experience, to conquer more rigid Recovery userTime Objective (RTO) needs. It automatises and consolidates backup tasks that are previously performed service-by-service and eliminates the requirements for creating custom scripts and manual processes. Utilising AWS Backup, users can compose the backup policies and administer the backup activity for AWS resources, such as Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and AWS Storage Gateway volumes.

How AWS Backup Works with Other AWS Services

AWS Backup is an organised backup service that  makes it simple to centralise and automate the backup of data over multiple AWS services in the cloud and on premises using AWS Storage Gateway. You can centrally configure backup policies and observe backup actions for several AWS resources, like Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and AWS Storage Gateway volumes using AWS Backup service. AWS Backup combines and automates backup activities earlier executed service-by-service, separating the requisite to write custom scripts and manual methods. You can write backup policies which automate backup schedules and retention management using couple of clicks in the AWS Backup console. AWS Backup gives a completely managed, policy-based backup solution, clarifying your backup management, allowing you to fulfil your business and regulatory backup compliance needs.



How AWS Backup Works with Other AWS Services
Multiple AWS services give backup features which assist you save your data and these features contain Amazon EBS Snapshots, Amazon RDS Snapshots, Amazon DynamoDB backups, and AWS Storage Gateway Snapshots.

All per-service backup capabilities constant to be accessible and operate as regular. For example, you can create snapshots of your EBS volumes with the use of Amazon EC2 API. AWS Backup gives a general method to control backups over different AWS services both in the AWS Cloud and on premises. AWS Backup gives a centralised backup console which provides backup scheduling, retention management, and backup monitoring.

AWS Backup utilises current backup potentials of AWS services to execute its centralised features. Suppose, when you design a backup plan, AWS Backup utilises the EBS snapshot powers while designing backups for you as per your backup plan.

Security in AWS Backup :

AWS keeps Cloud security at higher priority. As an AWS user, you advantage from a data centre and network architecture which is created to fulfil the needs of the security-sensitive organisations.

Security is equally important for you and AWS. The shared responsibility model defines this as security of the cloud and security in the cloud :

• Security of the cloud – AWS is responsible for securing the infrastructure which executes AWS services in the AWS Cloud. Besides, AWS gives you with services that you can utilise safely. Third-party auditors frequently check and certify the success of our security as part of the AWS compliance programs.
• Security in the cloud – Your job is resolved by the AWS service which you utilize. Further you are liable for other elements covering the sensitivity of your data, your company’s needs, and relevant laws and regulations.

Limitations when working with AWS Backup :

Resource	Limit
Number of backup vaults per account	100
Number of backup plans per account	100
Number of versions per backup plan	2,000
Number of concurrent backup jobs per resource	1
Number of resource assignments per backup plan	100*
Number of metadata tags per saved resource	50
Number of recovery points per backup vault	1,000,000

AWS Backup Advantages :

1. Centralised Backup : AWS Backup Configures backup policies from a central backup console, clarifying backup management and creating it simple to certify that your application data across AWS services is backed up and secured. Utilise AWS Backup’s central console, APIs, or command line interface to backup, restore, and set backup retention policies across AWS services in the cloud and on premises with the help of AWS Storage Gateway.

2. Automated Backup : AWS Backup gives automated backup schedules, retention management, and lifecycle management, excluding the requirement for custom scripts and manual actions. Backup Automation will save your time and money as AWS Backup’s completely organised and policy-based solution. You can implement backup policies to your AWS resources by only tagging them, making it simple to apply your backup strategy over each your AWS resources and certifying that all your application data is correctly backed up.

3. Enhance Backup Compliance : Implement your backup policies, encrypt your backups, and audit backup action from a centralised console to support fulfil your backup compliance needs. Backup policies make it easy to associate your backup strategy with your internal or regulatory needs. AWS Backup protects your backups by encrypting your data in transit and at rest. Combined backup action logs over AWS services makes it simpler to execute compliance audits. AWS Backup is PCI and ISO compliant and HIPAA eligible.

Hope this article helps you to perceive the AWS Backup information in brief. Stay connected to our blog page for upcoming news and updates related to AWS and its services. And if you have any queries, then please feel free to connect with us at www.cloud.in

AWS Backup Expanded Its Availability In Extra Six AWS Regions

AWS Backup is an entirely organized backup service which helps to centralize and automate the backup of data over AWS Services in the cloud also on premises with the help of AWS Storage Gateway. With the help of AWS Backup, you can centrally configure backup policies and observe backup actions for AWS Resources like Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon RDS databases, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon EFS file systems, and AWS Storage Gateway volumes. AWS Backup automates and consolidates backup actions earlier executed service-by-service, extracting the necessity of designing custom scripts and manual processes. You can build backup policies with only few clicks in AWS Management Console which automate backup schedules and retention management. AWS Backup offers completely managed, policy-based backup solution, clarifying your backup management, allowing you to focus your business and regulatory backup compliance needs. Now this AWS Backup feature expanded its availability in extra six regions over Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas: Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Seoul), EU (London), Canada (Central), and US West (Northern California). To get the complete list of AWS Regions where AWS Backup is available, click on the AWS region table. And to read further on AWS Backup, refer product page and documentation