Name and Sector of Client:
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Problem Faced by Client:
Client Financial Company completed the migration of their production workloads from on-premises to AWS. After successfully concluding User Acceptance Testing (UAT), they are now focused on deploying five newly developed applications in their AWS production environment. These applications, which handle 32 TB of financial data, require a robust and compliant backup and restore strategy to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance.
Currently, the five newly developed applications are in the testing environment. Even though the data is in the testing environment, proper backup and restore processes are still necessary for production.
The 32 TB of data includes a mix of customer data (personal details, financial profiles, loan records, customer service interactions), transactional data (financial transactions, market trading activities, investment portfolio adjustments, payment processing), regulatory and compliance data (anti-money laundering documentation, Know Your Customer processes, audit trails), and market and economic data (market analysis, risk assessments, economic forecasts). This data is distributed across 5 EC2 instances (2 TB) and 3 RDS databases (10 TB each).
The Applications Overview:
5. Vendor Assistance Management: Oversees interactions with vendors and manages support-related activities. Ensures smooth coordination and issue resolution with vendors.
Client Financial Company is seeking AWS-native solutions to support the production deployment and protection of these new applications while ensuring full compliance with financial regulations regarding backup and restore procedures.
Challenges for Backups and Restore:
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Reasons for Not Using AWS Backup for EC2 Backups:
General Architecture:
Architecture-1: (EC2 Application Backup and Restoration Architecture)
Architecture-2: (RDS Data Backup and Restoration Architecture)
Architecture-3: (S3-Life-Cycle-Policy)
Outcomes:
1.1. Amazon S3:
The implementation will manage 32 TB of financial data efficiently, with the capability to scale as data volumes increase. This eliminates the previous storage constraints and enhances the ability to store additional data seamlessly.
2.1. AWS Key Management Service (KMS) & Cross-Region Replication:
With encryption applied to all stored data and secure replication across multiple regions, the solution will significantly reduce the risk of data breaches and ensure that data is protected against regional failures.
3.1. AWS Lambda:
Automating backup and restore processes will minimize manual intervention, reducing the time spent on these tasks and allowing for more efficient resource use. The system will automatically handle most backup tasks.
4.1. Automated Restore Processes & AWS Secrets Manager:
Automated restore processes and secure credential management via AWS Secrets Manager will ensure quick and accurate data restoration, minimizing downtime and enhancing business continuity during disaster recovery scenarios.
5.1. Cross-Region Replication:
Replicating data across several AWS regions will increase its availability and resilience, providing continuous access to data even in the event of a regional outage.
6.1. AWS Compliance Tools:
The solution will ensure adherence to internal data governance policies and best practices, reducing the risk of non-compliance and aligning with audit requirements.