Why AWS Native Matters
Third-party backup solutions often require agents, custom integrations, and data egress from AWS—adding complexity, cost, and security risks. Air Gap Recover is built entirely on AWS infrastructure, using native AWS services and APIs for backup, replication, and recovery.
Supported AWS Services
Compute
- EC2 Instances - EBS snapshot-based backups with application-consistent snapshots
- EC2 Auto Scaling Groups - Backup launch configurations and scaling policies
- Lambda Functions - Code and configuration versioning
Storage
- EBS Volumes - Incremental snapshot backups with point-in-time recovery
- EFS File Systems - AWS Backup integration for file system protection
- S3 Buckets - Object versioning and cross-region replication
- FSx for Windows/Lustre - Native backup integration
Databases
- RDS - Automated snapshots for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB
- Aurora - Cluster snapshots with continuous backup to S3
- DocumentDB - MongoDB-compatible database snapshots
- Neptune - Graph database snapshots
- DynamoDB - On-demand and continuous backups
Native Integration Benefits
No Agents Required
Air Gap Recover uses AWS APIs to create snapshots and backups—no agents to install, patch, or manage. This eliminates a major operational burden and attack surface.
Application-Consistent Snapshots
For supported services, we use AWS's native application-consistent snapshot capabilities. Database transactions are flushed, file system buffers are synced, and backups are crash-consistent or better.
Incremental Forever
AWS EBS and RDS snapshots are inherently incremental—only changed blocks are stored. This dramatically reduces storage costs and snapshot time compared to full image backups.
Fast Recovery
Because backups are native AWS snapshots, recovery is fast:
- Launch new EC2 instances directly from EBS snapshots
- Restore RDS databases with full performance immediately
- Mount EFS file systems with no rehydration
AWS Marketplace Integration
Air Gap Recover is available in AWS Marketplace with:
- Consolidated billing through your AWS account
- AWS Marketplace Private Offers for enterprise agreements
- Integration with AWS Control Tower and Organizations
- Compatible with AWS Credits and EDPs
Deployment Models
Cross-Account Backup
Air Gap Recover runs in a separate AWS account (or Organization) for isolation. It uses IAM cross-account roles to create snapshots in your production account and copy them to the backup account.
CloudFormation Automation
Deploy Air Gap Recover using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) makes setup repeatable and auditable.
AWS Control Tower
For multi-account environments, integrate with AWS Control Tower to automatically protect new accounts as they're created.