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AWS RDS MySQL Community Backups
Backup your RDS Community MySQL database to s3 or other providers s3 storage
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Easy to get started with SnapShooter's RDS MySQL backups, just follow the guide, choose your own server to use as the backup hub or use on of SnapShoots on demand servers to backup your database without having to manage your own servers. Great if you're hosting your applications serverless and need backups. Full MySQLDump backups provide a backup thats no longer limited to AWS and relies on AWS file system snapshot. Perfect if you want downloads you can export to different providers, or even your local machine.
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Learn moreSnapShooter is an absurdly well-made product that I have been using for months to backup a whole range of things, from MySQL to servers and DigitalOcean and AWS to my code at GitHub. The UI is great for understanding and helping you get your backups set, and it made the whole process a joy. All my backups are actively monitored, and data is now safely backed up to my own AWS S3 account.
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Server Based AWS RDS MySQL Community Backups
For customers who already have a server and want there MySQL Database data to stay within there own network, only meta sent back to SnapShooter.
- SnapShooter Connects Via SSH to your server
- Once Connected this server connects directly to your MySQL Database and begins the backup process
- Data from MySQL Database begins streaming to your server
- Your Server compresses the data and uploads it to your storage
- Confirmation of uploaded chunk is received, repeat steps 3,4,5 until backup completed
- During the backup meta data is periodic send back to SnapShooter for real time monitoring
- Once the backup is completed SnapShooter confirms the file size with the storage
Serverless AWS RDS MySQL Community Backups
For customers who want us to directly access your MySQL Database using SnapShooters fleet of global servers.
- SnapShooter boots a container in a SnapShooter cluster of your choosing
- Once booted this container connects your MySQL Database and begins the backup process
- Data from MySQL Database begins streaming to the SnapShooter Container
- The container compresses the data and uploads it to your storage
- Confirmation of uploaded chunk is received, repeat steps 3,4,5 until backup completed
- During the backup meta data is periodic send back to SnapShooter for real time monitoring
- Once the backup is completed SnapShooter confirms the file size with the storage
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