Amazon Exam SAA-C03 Topic 1 Question 48 Discussion

AWS Backup is the most appropriate solution for managing backups with minimal operational overhead while meeting the regulatory requirement to retain data for 90 days and enabling point-in-time restore for up to 14 days.

AWS Backup: AWS Backup provides a centralized backup management solution that supports automated backup scheduling, retention management, and compliance reporting across AWS services, including Amazon RDS. By creating a backup plan, you can define a retention period (in this case, 90 days) and automate the backup process.

Point-in-Time Restore (PITR): Amazon RDS supports point-in-time restore for up to 35 days with automated backups. By using AWS Backup in conjunction with RDS, you ensure that your backup strategy meets the requirement for restoring data to a specific point in time within the last 14 days.

Why Not Other Options?:

Option A (RDS Automated Backups): While RDS automated backups support PITR, they do not directly support retention beyond 35 days without manual intervention.

Option B (Manual Snapshots): Manually creating and managing snapshots is operationally intensive and less automated compared to AWS Backup.

Option C (Aurora Clones): Aurora Clone is a feature specific to Amazon Aurora and is not applicable to Amazon RDS for Oracle.

AWS Reference:

AWS Backup - Overview of AWS Backup and its capabilities.

Amazon RDS Automated Backups - Information on how RDS automated backups work and their limitations.