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Amazon RDS announces Cross-Region Automated Backups in five additional AWS Regions

Regional Expansion

Amazon RDS has expanded Cross-Region Automated Backups to five new AWS Regions, enhancing disaster recovery capabilities for database users.

  • New supported region pairs include Australia, Asia Pacific, Canada, and Europe
  • Enables replication of snapshots and transaction logs between regions
  • Allows quick database restoration in case of primary region failure
  • Achieves Recovery Point Objective (RPO) within minutes
  • Supports PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server databases

Users can set up Cross-Region Automated Backup replication through RDS Management Console, AWS SDK, or CLI, providing a robust disaster recovery solution.

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