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RTO And RPO Metrics In AWS RDS
What Are RTO And RPO?
- RTO → Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the amount of time for the database to return to the working state in case of any failure
- RPO → Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the specific point of time to which a database is restored in case of any failure
How Do Different Strategies Affect The Metrics?
Feature | RTO | RPO |
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Automated backups | Good | Better |
Manual snapshots | Better | Good |
Read replicas | Best | Best |