A legacy courts case-management database on RDS was snapshotted manually only on Fridays. A midweek corruption event proved point-in-time recovery was unavailable. Which reliability improvement best closes that gap?
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Short Explanation
Friday-only snapshots are like backing up the courthouse filing room once a week and hoping nothing spills on Tuesday. Turn on automated backups with PITR so you can rewind to just before the mess.
Full Explanation
Automated backups with PITR provide continuous recovery points that manual weekly snapshots cannot match for low RPO civic systems. Restore drills validate operability. Larger volumes, disabling Multi-AZ, or exposing credentials do not restore midweek transaction states and can harm security or availability.