ApsaraDB RDS can generate backups, which are called default backups. If the default backups that are generated by ApsaraDB RDS cannot meet your business requirements, you can use Database Backup (DBS) to create advanced backups.
| Scenario | Item | ApsaraDB RDS (physical backup or snapshot backup) | DBS (logical backup) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perform backups | Perform scheduled backups. | ️✔️ (Scheduled backups are automatically enabled and cannot be disabled.) | ✔️️ (Scheduled backups must be manually enabled.) | Enable the automatic backup feature for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance |
| Perform incremental backups or log backups. | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Back up individual databases and tables. |
| ✔️ | Back up the individual databases and tables of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance | |
| Perform cross-region backups. | Local SSDs: ️✔️. Standard SSDs or ESSDs: ✔️ | ✔️ | Use the cross-region backup feature of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance | |
| Perform cross-account backups. | ❌ | ✔️ | Back up and restore data across Alibaba Cloud accounts | |
| Store backup files | Store backup files to your Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket. | ❌ | ✔️ | Back up an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL or self-managed MySQL instance by using logical backup |
| Download backup files | Manually download backup files. | Local SSDs: ✔️. Standard SSDs or ESSDs: ❌ | ✔️ | Download the backup files of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance |
| Configure a policy based on which ApsaraDB RDS can automatically download backup files. | ❌ | ✔️ | ||
| Encrypt backup files | Encrypt backup files at rest. | ✔️ | ✔️ | Encrypt the backup files of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance |
| Encrypt backup files in transit by using SSL. | ❌ | ✔️ | ||
| Restore data | Restore data within a few seconds. | ✔️ | ❌ | Create a sandbox instance for the emergency disaster recovery of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL database |
| Query data from backup files at high speeds. | ❌ | ✔️ | Query data from DBS-generated logical backup files | |
| Restore individual databases and tables. | Local SSDs: ️️✔️. Standard SSDs or ESSDs: ️✔️ | ✔️ | Restore individual databases and tables of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance | |
| Restore data to an RDS instance by using backup files. |
| ✔️ | Restore the data of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance |