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

Now Amazon EFS CSI Driver Supported by Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) offers an easy, scalable and completely organised elastic network file system NFS for utilization with AWS Cloud Services and on-premises resources. And Amazon EFS CSI (Container Storage Interface) Driver offers a CSI interface which permits Amazon EKS clusters to control the lifecycle of Amazon EFS file systems. And now this CSI driver has introduced beta version and supported by Amazon EKS. This EFS CSI driver is easy to configure elastic file storage for EKS and self-managed kubernetes clusters working on AWS with the help of basic Kubernetes interfaces. Applications executing in Kubernetes can utilize EFS file systems to share data within pods in a scale-out group, or with other applications working inside or outside of Kubernetes. Besides, Amazon EFS support Kubernetes applications be extensively obtainable cause each data written to EFS is corresponded to several AWS Availability Zones. Refer documentation to design a Kubernetes StorageClass and a PersistentVolumeClaim to provision, then reference the PersistentVolumeClaim from the pods that use it. To get more details, go through Amazon EKS and Amazon EFS.

Amazon EFS limits can be controlled using AWS Service Quotas

Amazon EFS offers an easy, scalable, and completely organised elastic NFS file system for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources. It is designed to scale on demand to petabytes without interrupting applications, increasing and decreasing automatically as you add and remove files, removing the requirement to deliver and control capacity to adjust expansion. Now Amazon EFS helps you manage limits with the help of AWS Service Quotas. Using AWS Service Quotas, you can check and handle your quotas smoothly and at scale as your AWS workloads expand. Quotas, too mentioned to as limits, are the maximum number of resources that you can create in an AWS account. Now you can check your EFS limits and request growths for your account-level EFS limits with the help of Service Quotas through the AWS Console, AWS APIs and AWS CLI. No extra charges applicable for AWS Service Quotas. AWS Service Quotas is obtainable in each AWS region where Amazon EFS is accessible. To get full list of AWS Region where Amazon EFS is available, refer Region Table. To get further information, read Service Quotas and Service Quotas Blog.

AWS DataSync is accessible in the Middle East (Bahrain) Region

AWS DataSync is completely organized service. AWS DataSync is a data transfer service which clarifies, automates, and boosts moving and replicating data between on-premises storage systems and Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS, AWS storage services across the internet or AWS Direct Connect. AWS DataSync excludes the requirement to alter applications, develop scripts, or manage infrastructure. AWS DataSync works with on-premises software agent to link to your current storage or file systems with the help of Network File System (NFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols, so you do not have to write scripts or alter your applications to work with AWS APIs. AWS DataSync can use for relocation of active data, distribution of data for analysis and processing in the cloud, or ongoing replication to AWS for business continuity. Now AWS DataSync to transfer data into and out of Amazon S3 buckets is available in the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region. With this new region, currently AWS DataSync is obtainable in the following AWS Regions : US East (Northern Virginia and Ohio), US West (Northern California and Oregon), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Europe (Ireland and Frankfurt), Middle East (Bahrain), and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, and Seoul).