# 51. SQL backups to S3

Date: 2021-01-22

## Status

Accepted

## Context

We need to take SQL dumps as backups, so that in case of disaster, we can import an SQL backup.
We currently take RDS snapshots, but these can only be restored to an RDS - which can lengthen the time it takes to restore a database

## Decision

We will create a scheduled task for each RDS launched, that will take an SQL dump of each database created on it.
These will be stored in S3, with Standard-IA (infequent access) to reduce cost of storing the backups.
The backups will be deleted after 90 days.

## Consequences

If AWS does completely go down, these will be unavailable, so offsite backups should be kept aswell.