What makes Air Gap Recover different from standard AWS backups?

True air-gap isolation through two-organization architecture. Your recovery environment is in a completely separate AWS Organization from production, preventing ransomware from reaching your backups. This goes beyond immutable storage — there is zero network connectivity between environments.

How quickly can I recover my data?

Air Gap Recover delivers a 15-minute Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and under 60-minute Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for critical workloads.

What compliance frameworks does Air Gap Recover support?

Air Gap Recover helps organizations meet specific controls within ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA. Databarracks is ISO 27001 certified.

What AWS services are supported?

S3, RDS (all database engines), Aurora, EBS, EFS, FSx, and Git repositories. Air Gap Recover also protects Terraform state files, CloudFormation templates, IAM policies, and application configuration.

Does the managed service provider have access to my data?

No. The zero-trust architecture means the MSP has no direct access to your data. All operations run via Lambda functions in your AWS account with your IAM permissions and 15-minute temporary credentials.

Back to Features

AWS Native

Built specifically for AWS services including EC2, RDS, EFS, S3, and Aurora. Deep integration with native AWS backup mechanisms.

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.

Native Snapshot Sharing: The Key Differentiator

Unlike Veeam, Commvault, or Rubrik, Air Gap Recover uses AWS's native snapshot sharing capabilities—no proprietary backup formats, no agents, no third-party backup infrastructure.

EBS Snapshot Sharing

Unlimited Cross-Account Protection - Share snapshots to unlimited AWS accounts for air-gapped isolation
Cross-Region DR - Copy encrypted snapshots across regions with zero data egress fees (within AWS)
Customer-Managed Encryption - Full control over KMS keys, encrypted snapshots never leave AWS
DLM Automation - Set-and-forget Data Lifecycle Manager policies for automated backups and retention
Instant Recovery - Launch EC2 instances directly from snapshots in minutes, not hours

RDS Snapshot Sharing

Native Cross-Account Sharing - Share RDS snapshots to isolated backup accounts with built-in encryption
Automated Snapshot Copying - Use AWS Backup or custom Lambda functions to automate cross-account replication
Zero Downtime Recovery - Restore databases from snapshots with full performance immediately
Multi-Engine Support - Works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, Aurora

Cost Efficiency vs Traditional Backup Software

Air Gap Recover (AWS Native)

Pay only for AWS snapshot storage ($0.05/GB/month for EBS)
No backup software licensing fees
No backup infrastructure to provision or manage
No data egress charges (snapshots stay in AWS)
No per-VM or per-TB pricing tiers

Veeam/Commvault/Rubrik

Per-VM or per-TB licensing (typically $50-200/VM/year)
Backup infrastructure costs (EC2, storage, bandwidth)
Data egress fees to third-party repositories
Agent management and patching overhead
Proprietary backup formats requiring conversion for recovery

Real-world savings: For 100 VMs with 10TB total storage, Air Gap Recover costs approximately $500/month (storage only), while traditional backup software can cost $5,000-20,000/month (licensing + infrastructure).

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.