Optimize your AWS FEST - N2WS session
- 1. #1 AWS Backup Sebastian Straub, Principal Solutions Architect at N2WS
- 3. #1 AWS Backup Cyberattacks are increasing Source: safetydetectives.com Over half of businesses in the UK & US have reported being attacked by ransomware in the last year. This is just reported information.
- 4. #1 AWS Backup Just 12% of companies were highly prepared for COVID-19’s impact 42% of companies experienced a data loss event that resulted in downtime in 2019 25% of companies are developing their first business continuity plan in response to COVID-19 Only 16% of organizations can support a fully remote workforce Businesses were caught unprepared ! ! ! ! Source: Gartner business continuity survey 2019, https://info.opsramp.com/it-spending-new-normal
- 5. #1 AWS Backup Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery While they share a common goal of continued business operations, each has a distinct focus. “Everything fails all the time.” - Werner Vogels *
- 6. #1 AWS Backup Modern Approach to Disaster Recovery The concepts of DR, automation, and high availability begin to unify. “Automate, automate, automate. But first… test, test, test.” *
- 7. #1 AWS Backup Operational backup & disaster recovery (DR) built for AWS. Flexible policies —scheduling from minutes to months. Distributed as an AMI through AWS Marketplace. Near-zero RTO, recover in seconds from any type of outage across AWS regions and accounts. N2WS #1 Backup & Recovery for AWS User-friendly “single pane of glass” with dashboards, monitoring, alerting, reporting, and third-party integrations.
- 8. AWS + N2WS = Better together Amazon EFS Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Aurora Amazon RDS Amazon Redshift Amazon EBS Amazon EC2 Amazon Glacier Amazon S3
- 9. Top 6 cloud backup & DR challenges and actionable, simple solutions
- 10. #1 AWS Backup Ensuring fast recovery to avoid the cost of downtime • Data damage • Restoration of host systems and data • No productivity/revenue • Forensic investigation (if malicious) • Damage to the reputation of company Downtime creates loss of productivity of users and responders, exposure of sensitive data, loss of revenue – current and future costs include: 1
- 11. #1 AWS Backup Using N2WS for near-instant recovery N2WS specializes in full volume and instance recovery. However as risk of human error increases, file or folder level recovery is key. Restore across any region / account. Configure regular backups of VPC settings and clone VPC settings with just a few clicks and recover to any region Restore anything Clone your VPC Near Zero RTO Eliminate costly and potentially detrimental downtime with near instant restore.
- 12. #1 AWS Backup Complexity of scaling and diversifying data In 2018, the world’s datasphere was 33 zettabytes. By 2025, it is predicted to grow to 175 zettabytes.* Data types are increasingly varied, requiring different: *Source: The Digitization of the World (IDC) Storage requirements Retention periods / compliance Recovery options Frequency of backup RTO/RPO SLAs Levels of criticality ? ? ? ? ? ? 2
- 13. #1 AWS Backup Automate, automate, automate with N2WS AWS usage increases, DR needs to scale easily and effortlessly. Being based on snapshots, N2WS does not work any harder. Meet any retention period Implement different RPO requirements depending on desired frequency of backup in a few clicks. Flexible RPO Automate multi-tiered archiving for all compliance requirements Proven Scalability
- 14. #1 AWS Backup Continuous testing with DR Drills3
- 15. #1 AWS Backup Implement Recovery Scenarios with Scheduling Automate a pre-defined recovery plan and carry out ‘bulk’ DR drills recovering multiple targets with ONE CLICK DRY RUN: Configure your recover scenario prior to restore and be notified of any potential configuration failure Build a fully tested disaster recovery strategy with new scheduling capability. Meets compliance needs even further.
- 16. #1 AWS Backup Lack of understanding a multi-phase approach to DR 4
- 17. #1 AWS Backup From protection to optimization: 3 key phases
- 18. #1 AWS Backup Avoiding errors and security issues with multiple remote users 5
- 19. #1 AWS Backup Security in a multi-user environment Multi Tenancy Defined Roles Built for a vast multi-user environment. Allows users or departments in your organization, to manage their own AWS resources Secure access by defining resource access + authorize credentials using SAML based IDP Providers (ADFS, Okta) Easy Reporting Detailed user reports for transparency and audits
- 20. #1 AWS Backup Meet compliance requirements and lower the cost of long-term storage Archive snapshots Save big on your AWS storage bill by copying Amazon EBS snapshots to a low-cost Amazon S3 repository Stay compliant for less Store data for as long as you need while paying one third of the standard cost, saving up to 60% 6
- 21. #1 AWS Backup Case Study: Gett (Lower storage costs up to 90%) • On-demand transport company in 120+ countries. • Greater control over its backup and restore strategy helped Gett prepare for its IPO in 2020. • No longer storing old snapshots. Saved ~50% or $2,000—per instance per month. IT savings >$100k/year. • Uses Resource Control to automate the stop/start of instances when not in use. CASE STUDY 80+ Amazon instances 4 AWS accounts ENVIRONMENT AT A GLANCE $100k in cost savings
- 22. Demo Time!
- 23. #1 AWS Backup Used by AWS builders, worldwide AWS Accounts 5K+ Petabytes of Backup 13+ HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of Protected Instances