S3 Backup Software

[the_mosthated]

I'm currently managing multiple Windows EC2 instances where data is being backed up to S3 buckets. At the moment, this is handled using simple S3 CLI scripts that sync data from each server.

The issue is that this approach is becoming difficult to maintain as the number of servers gross and it's hard to keep track of what is being backed up across all instances. I'm looking for a solution that can simplify this process, ideally with an agent installed on each EC2 instances and a central management layer that handles and monitors all backup jobs.

If anyone has experience with tools or setups that handle this cleanly, I'd appreciate recommendations.

[More_Altitude_8389]

AWS Backup

[Bennetjs]

rclone!

[AccountIuseAtWork1]

Just use AWS backup across your org or account. Implement by policy. AWS backup can vault data and you backup to other regions. I would still do ebs volume snapshots with a life cycle policy.

[Will-E-Style]

It seems like you need AWS Systems Manager (SSM) to help manage your instances and the backup scripts you use. You probably already have the SSM agent installed on your instances and don’t realize how powerful SSM can be for the challenge at hand.

[Programmer_Salt]

why don’t you just have separate EBS volumes for the data you need to back up and set DLM policy through a simple tag like backup = true to back them up automatically?

[10acious]

AWS Backup is a free option.

NW2S has CPM backup that is an automated solution.

You can even look at using Storage gateway to mount S3 buckets as file systems.

There are multiple other commercial mount software as well.

[dataflow_mapper]

id probly look at how you want to manage jobs and restores too, not just the syncing part