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AWS re:Invent 2023 - Achieving Amazon S3 data lake resilience at LexisNexis (STG101)

Summary

Woon Jung, co-founder and CTO of Clumio, and Mark Sider, a senior consulting software engineer at LexisNexis, discuss the importance of S3 backup and data resiliency.
AWS provides infrastructure resiliency, but data resiliency is the customer's responsibility.
Reasons for S3 backup include operational recovery, protection against cyber attacks, and compliance requirements.
LexisNexis has a serverless architecture with a high rate of content change, requiring robust data resiliency solutions.
Clumio's architecture integrates with customer AWS accounts to provide continuous backup and meet stringent RPO and RTO requirements.
Clumio's Instant Access feature allows for rapid restoration of data, significantly reducing RTO.
LexisNexis tested Clumio's solution, restoring 26 billion records in under three hours.
Clumio's solution is cost-effective and customizable, with the ability to integrate with AWS services like CloudFront and Athena.

Data resiliency in the cloud is a shared responsibility, with AWS ensuring infrastructure uptime while customers must protect their data.
LexisNexis's serverless architecture without a VPC is highly scalable and leverages AWS CloudFront for disaster recovery resilience.
Clumio's backup solution is designed to be serverless, scalable, and capable of handling high data change rates, which is critical for LexisNexis's large data lake.
The Instant Access feature by Clumio is a game-changer for disaster recovery, allowing businesses to access backup data almost immediately without waiting for a full restore.
Clumio's ability to quickly adapt and customize their solution to meet specific customer needs, such as optional tagging and selective RPO for certain operations, demonstrates a customer-centric approach.
The integration of Clumio's backup solution with AWS CloudFront enables businesses to maintain service continuity during data restoration, which is crucial for customer trust and revenue protection.
Clumio's backup solution not only addresses the need for rapid data recovery but also offers cost savings through intelligent backup management and integration with existing AWS services.