Relevant News - AWS Backup

Category: Storage

Here are the latest news items for AWS Backup.

AWS Backup extends support for Amazon Neptune to five additional AWS Regions

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Service Availability Change
TL;DR: AWS Backup extends Amazon Neptune support to five additional regions: Zurich, Melbourne, Calgary, Malaysia, and Spain.
AWS Services: AWS Backup, Amazon Neptune

Link: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/aws-backup-extends-amazon-neptune-five-additional-regions/

AWS Backup now supports Amazon Neptune in five additional AWS Regions: Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Canada West (Calgary), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Europe (Spain).

This expansion brings policy-based data protection and recovery to your Amazon Neptune clusters in these newly supported Regions.

To start protecting your Amazon Neptune clusters with AWS Backup, add your Amazon Neptune clusters to your existing backup plans or create a new backup plan, and attach your Neptune clusters to the newly created backup plan. To learn more about AWS Backup for Amazon Neptune clusters, visit the product page, pricing page, and documentation. To get started, visit the AWS Backup console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or AWS SDKs.

Published: 2026-02-25 15:55:00+00:00

Amazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

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Service Feature Availability Change
TL;DR: Amazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 feature now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions for analytics and ML use cases.
AWS Services: Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Redshift Spectrum, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon RDS for MariaDB, AWS Backup

Link: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/02/rds-exports-s3-available-gov-cloud/

Amazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions, enabling you to export snapshot data in Apache Parquet format for analytics, data retention, and machine learning use cases.

Snapshot export to S3 supports all DB snapshot types (manual, automated system, and AWS Backup snapshots) and runs directly on the snapshot without impacting database performance. The exported data in Apache Parquet format can be analyzed using other AWS services such as Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, or Amazon Redshift Spectrum, or with big data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark.

You can create a snapshot export with just a few clicks in the Amazon RDS Management Console or by using the AWS SDK or CLI. Snapshot Export to S3 is supported for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL - Compatible Edition and Amazon Aurora MySQL, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for MySQL, and Amazon RDS for MariaDB snapshots. For more information, including instructions on getting started, read Aurora documentation or Amazon RDS documentation.

Published: 2026-02-24 18:26:00+00:00