Amazon RDS announces Cross-Region Automated Backups in four additional AWS Regions
Amazon RDS ยท 2026-07-01
Actions
Technical Details
| Regions | Mexico (Central), Europe (Ireland), US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Jakarta) |
|---|---|
| Cost Impact | Neutral |
| IaC Impact | High |
What This Means
For DevOps Teams
Configure Cross-Region Automated Backups for Amazon RDS instances to ensure data redundancy and quick recovery in case of primary region unavailability, utilizing the Amazon RDS Management Console or AWS SDK/CLI for setup.
For Platform Teams
Integrate Cross-Region Automated Backups into the database architecture to simplify disaster recovery processes, reduce recovery point objectives (RPO) to within the last few minutes, and enhance overall platform resilience.
For Executives
Evaluate the deployment of Cross-Region Automated Backups to enhance disaster recovery capabilities and ensure business continuity, leveraging the ability to restore databases to a specific point in time in secondary regions, thereby reducing operational risk and improving resilience.
Source
Related Amazon RDS Updates
- Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports self-managed Active Directory (2026-07-01)
- Amazon RDS Enhances IAM Database Authentication with Connection Rate Scaling (2026-06-30)
- Amazon RDS Custom now supports the latest CU and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server (2026-06-25)
- Amazon RDS now supports the latest GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server (2026-06-25)
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M9g database instances (2026-06-17)