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AWS Backup improves performance for Amazon EKS cluster backups

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This article announces performance improvements for AWS Backup's Amazon EKS cluster backup functionality.

  • EKS cluster state backups now complete up to 10x faster
  • Reduces backup windows from days to hours for large clusters
  • Enables faster backup of clusters with many namespaces and resources
  • Performance improvement automatically enabled at no additional cost
  • Available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions

AWS Backup now provides significantly faster backup performance for Amazon EKS clusters, improving operational efficiency without additional charges.

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