Backups overview

Backups give you the ability to restore to a point in the past and to export and analyze data. Backups are useful for the following scenarios:

  • Disaster recovery: you can use backups as part of a disaster recovery plan. Restore data in case of a disaster into a new Memorystore for Redis Cluster or another Redis cluster. Backup schedules give more robust protection than ad hoc exports.

  • Data migration: migrate data between different Memorystore for Redis Cluster clusters. Consolidate data or move it to a different region. You can restore backups from Memorystore for Redis Cluster instances or Redis instances.

  • Data sharing: share data between different teams or applications, enabling collaboration, offline data analytics, and data exchange.

  • Compliance: periodic backups of cache data can be created for compliance purposes.

Backups and backup collections

A backup is a point-in-time snapshot of your data. Backups are organized into backup collections. A backup collection includes all backups for a particular Memorystore for Redis Cluster instance. Deleting a Memorystore for Redis Cluster instance does not automatically delete the corresponding backup collection.

You can set a time to live (TTL) on a backup by setting a retention period. Once the backup exceeds it's TTL, Memorystore for Redis Cluster automatically deletes the backup.

To recover data in a backup, you can create a new Memorystore for Redis Cluster instance and seed the instance with data from the backup. At this time, importing data into an existing Memorystore for Redis Cluster instance is not supported.

Automated and on-demand backups

You can initiate backups in two different ways:

  • Automated backups (Recommended): you can configure a backup schedule for a cluster that initiates periodic backups.

  • On-demand backups: you can initiate a backup operation that begins immediately.

To learn how to set an automated backup schedule or to initiate a backup see Manage backups.

Costs

You are charged storage costs for each backup based on the size of the backup. There is a minimum 24-hour charge for each backup. For more details, see Memorystore for Redis Cluster pricing.

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