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Amazon RDS announces cross-Region and cross-account snapshot copy

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Amazon RDS has introduced a new feature that enables cross-Region and cross-account snapshot copying for Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora databases.

  • Allows direct snapshot copying across Regions and accounts in a single step
  • Helps manage risks from incidents like ransomware attacks and region outages
  • Eliminates the previous two-step copy process, reducing complexity
  • Improves recovery point objective (RPO) and reduces associated costs
  • Available for all RDS and Aurora engines across AWS Regions

Customers can now implement more efficient database backup and disaster recovery strategies by simplifying their snapshot copy workflows.

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