Why would you copy EBS snapshots across regions?

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Gowtham Hari Dhandapani · Accepted Answer

EBS snapshots are copied across regions for several reasons, including geographic expansion, migration, disaster recovery, and encryption needs. This allows for launching applications in new regions, moving applications for better availability or cost optimization, creating backups for disaster recovery, and encrypting snapshots for security and data retention purposes.

ArunBalaji Ramadoss · Answer

EBS snapshots are copied across regions for geographic expansion, migration, disaster recovery and encryption/decryption of snapshots. This allows for data replication, application migration, and improved availability across different regions.

Why would you copy EBS snapshots across regions?

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