Amazon S3 for snapshots

Amazon S3 for snapshots refers to the integration of AWS Backup with Amazon S3, enabling periodic snapshots and continuous backups of S3 buckets for data protection and recovery. This feature, announced as general availability on February 18, 2022, allows users to create point-in-time snapshots…

Key facts

First appeared: 2022
Category: operating_system
Problem solved: Provides centralized, managed backup and point-in-time recovery for S3 buckets, addressing limitations of manual versioning or scripting by offering continuous backups (last 35 days PITR) and long-term periodic snapshots (up to 99 years retention) that predecessors like S3 Versioning could not scale or automate at enterprise levels.[5]
Platforms: AWS Cloud (multi-region)

Related technologies

AWS Lambda
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
AWS Backup

Notable users

Netflix
AWS enterprise customers
SmugMug