AOSCOST05-BP02 Examine the costs associated with Amazon S3 storage for manually creating snapshots of your OpenSearch Service domain
Improve cost awareness and inform backup strategy by examining Amazon S3 storage costs associated with manually creating snapshots of your OpenSearch Service domain.
Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium
Desired outcome: You can estimate costs by examining the costs associated with Amazon S3 storage for manually creating snapshots of your OpenSearch Service domain.
Benefits of establishing this best practice:
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Cost awareness: Examining the costs associated with Amazon S3 storage for manually creating snapshots of your OpenSearch Service domain helps you understand that backups can incur standard Amazon S3 usage charges.
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Informed backup strategy: By considering the cost of manual backups, you can choose the most suitable backup strategy for your needs, whether it's manual backups or using AWS services like Automated Backups or Snapshots in OpenSearch.
Implementation guidance
If you take manual backups of your OpenSearch Service domain,
understand that the manual snapshots storing in Amazon S3 can
incur standard Amazon S3 usage charges. For detailed information
about the cost of the different storage tiers available in Amazon S3, see
Amazon S3 pricing
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