A records system keeps daily Amazon RDS snapshots with a 365-day retention 'just in case,' far beyond the city's documented 7-day recovery policy. What should the architect recommend for backup cost?
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Short Explanation
Keeping a year's daily snapshots when policy only asks for a week is paying rent on a storage attic you never visit. Match retention to the 7-day rule and stop funding forever-backups.
Full Explanation
Snapshot storage accumulates cost with retention length and frequency. Architects should set automated backup/snapshot retention to meet documented RPO/compliance needs—here seven daily snapshots—not indefinite 365-day daily retention without policy justification. Eliminating all recent snapshots or unencrypted multi-cloud copies creates recovery and security issues.