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