Retention period
In general we use the following retention periods by default. However most of these schedules can be configured.
| Service | Frequency | Retention | Configurable | Notes / Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS RDS | Daily snapshot | 14 days | Yes | Point-in-time recovery available |
| AWS OpenSearch (ElasticSearch) Service | AWS: Hourly snapshot | 14 days | No | Previously known as ElasticSearch |
| Skyscrapers: Every 6 hours | 14 days | Yes | Stored on encrypted S3 bucket | |
| AWS ElastiCache for Redis | Snapshots disabled by default | N/A | Yes | Can be enabled/configured |
| Kubernetes (Velero) | Daily backup | 14 days | Yes | See documentation |
| Kubernetes state: all objects | Backed up to encrypted S3 | |||
| EBS volumes: AWS snapshots | Encrypted if original volume is encrypted (gp2-encrypted Storage Class) | |||
| MongoDB | Daily backup | 14 days | Yes | |
| AWS Redshift | Default snapshot schedule | 1 day |
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