Traditional IT tools are not often the right choice in the cloud world

Cloud architectures require services, such as data protection, to be designed from the ground up to meet the unique demands of the cloud environment. Nowhere is this prerequisite more evident than with Amazon Native Services.

Amazon provides a limited set of data protection primitives based on a core set of snapshot capabilities. Snapshot managers often tax the use of snapshots beyond what they were designed for. The result is hidden surprises of unwanted complexity and unexpected costs.

Read this paper to discover:

• Insight into unique data protection needs for Amazon Native Services
• Essential business requirements for a solid data protection strategy - operational recovery, data recovery, and compliance
• Keys to a solid strategy to avoid the hidden costs, complexity and limited flexibility of traditional backup approaches