| Backup retention period |
A period of time between 1 and 35 days for which you can perform a point-in-time restore. |
create-db-cluster modify-db-cluster restore-db-cluster-to-point-in-time |
| Amazon DocumentDB storage volume |
Highly available and highly durable storage volume that replicates data six ways across three Availability Zones. An Amazon DocumentDB cluster is highly durable regardless of the number of instances in the cluster. |
create-db-cluster delete-db-cluster |
| Backup window |
Period of time in the day in which automatic snapshots are taken. |
create-db-cluster describe-db-cluster modify-db-cluster |
| Automatic snapshot |
Daily snapshots that are full backups of cluster and are automatically created by the continuous backup process in Amazon DocumentDB. |
restore-db-cluster-from-snapshot describe-db-cluster-snapshot-attributes describe-db-cluster-snapshots |
| Manual snapshot |
Snapshots you create manually to retain full backups of a cluster beyond the backup period. |
create-db-cluster-snapshot copy-db-cluster-snapshot delete-db-cluster-snapshot describe-db-cluster-snapshot-attributes describe-db-cluster-snapshots modify-db-cluster-snapshot-attribute |