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AWS re:Invent 2022 - How DTCC achieves data resiliency with Snowflake and AWS (PRT272)

Summary

DTCC is a key financial market infrastructure provider, handling a significant volume of global financial transactions.
The company prioritizes security, resiliency, and stability in its IT strategy.
DTCC has learned from past disasters (e.g., 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, COVID-19) to improve its disaster response and resiliency.
The company uses AWS and Snowflake to ensure business continuity, replication, and disaster recovery.
DTCC has a goal of achieving an RTO (Recovery Time Objective) of zero and strives for minimal RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
Snowflake is a cloud data platform that separates compute from storage, allowing DTCC to focus on delivering business value.
DTCC has implemented various Snowflake features for data recovery and resiliency, including time travel, failsafe, and zero copy clones.
The company has replicated over 42 petabytes across regions and has conducted numerous disaster recovery exercises.
DTCC uses AWS Direct Connect, AWS Private Link, and other AWS services to create a secure and resilient infrastructure.
The presentation details the implementation of Snowflake's replication features, including database replication, account replication, and pipeline replication.
DTCC has automated many of its disaster recovery processes and continuously monitors and improves its resiliency strategies.

DTCC's approach to resiliency is comprehensive, covering not just data replication but also the ability to maintain operations during and after a disaster.
The company's use of Snowflake's cloud data platform demonstrates the importance of separating compute from storage for scalability and cost-effectiveness.
DTCC's emphasis on achieving an RTO of zero and minimal RPO is indicative of the high standards required for financial market infrastructures.
The detailed explanation of Snowflake's replication features and how they are used by DTCC provides valuable insights into practical applications of these technologies.
The automation of disaster recovery processes and the use of monitoring to continuously improve resiliency are best practices that can be applied across industries.
DTCC's engagement with Snowflake in providing feedback and participating in feature previews highlights the importance of customer-centric development in cloud services.
The session underscores the critical role of planning, testing, automating, and measuring in achieving a robust business continuity and disaster recovery strategy.