
Amazon Redshift introduces incremental billing for manual snapshots on Serverless and RG instances, charging only for unique data blocks across snapshots instead of total snapshot size, reducing costs for customers maintaining multiple snapshots.


<div><p>This article announces a new billing model for manual snapshots on Amazon Redshift Serverless and RG instances that reduces costs.</p><ul><li>Manual snapshot storage now billed on unique data blocks across snapshots, not individual snapshot size</li><li>Customers maintaining multiple snapshots see significantly reduced storage costs</li><li>Enables more frequent snapshots for better disaster recovery without proportional cost increases</li><li>New billing model automatically applies to existing and new manual snapshots</li><li>Available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions where Redshift Serverless and RG are offered</li></ul><p>In summary, Amazon Redshift's new incremental snapshot billing enables cost-effective disaster recovery strategies by charging only for unique data blocks rather than total snapshot sizes.</p></div>


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