Reduce Amazon Aurora MySQL backup costs using MySQL Shell and Amazon S3
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This article discusses how to reduce the cost of long-term backups for Amazon Aurora MySQL databases by using MySQL Shell and Amazon S3, combined with S3 Glacier for long-term archiving.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Overview of the solution architecture using MySQL Shell, Amazon S3, and S3 Glacier
- Prerequisites and steps to install MySQL Shell on Linux, Windows, and macOS
- How to use MySQL Shell to compress and upload database backups to Amazon S3
- Configuring S3 lifecycle policies to move backups to S3 Glacier for long-term archiving
- Restoring backups from S3 Glacier to Amazon S3, and then to an Aurora MySQL instance
- Cost comparison between using this solution vs. Aurora snapshots for long-term backup retention
- Cleanup steps to delete the resources created for testing
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