RESEARCH PAPER: Avoiding Needless Cost And Complexity For Amazon RDS Data Protection

By Patrick Moorhead, Steve McDowell - July 8, 2020

Cloud architectures require data protection services designed from the ground up to meet the unique demands of the cloud environment. Using tools designed for on- premises workloads to address the unique needs of a cloud deployment can lead to unwanted (and often unexpected) cost and complexity.

There is a gap between data protection tools designed for the traditional data center and solutions that provide a fully integrated cloud-native experience across a range of cloud services. Nowhere is this gap more evident than with Amazon Relational Database Services (Amazon RDS).

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Abstract
Cloud Is A Reality
Data Protection Challenges For Today's IT Organization
Amazon RDS Snapshots
Clumio's Cloud-Native Data Protection Services
Concluding Thoughts
Table 1: Essential Elements For Data Protection
Table 2: Stakeholder Challenges
Figure 1: Snapshots & Shapshot Managers Drive Cost & Complexity
Figure 2: Clumio Integrated Dashboard
Figure 3: Clumio Backup As A Service For AWS RDS
Figure 4: Granular Record Retrieval
Figure 5: Clumio Cost VS Snapshot-Based Approaches

Companies Cited:

Amazon
AWS
Clumio
Microsoft
VMware

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Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.