You can now copy Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) snapshots between AWS regions.

Following the release of the ability to copy EC2 AMIs, EBS Snapshots, and DynamoDB tables between Regions, henceforth you have the ability to copy Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) snapshots between AWS regions.

This means, you can initiate the copy from the AWS Management Console, the

AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or through the Amazon RDS APIs.

Therefore Amazon Web Service announces that:

·        You can copy snapshots of any size, from any of the database engines (MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server) that are supported by RDS.

·        Copies can be moved between any of the public AWS regions,

·        You can copy the same snapshot to multiple Regions simultaneously by initiating more than one transfer.

·        There is no charge for the copy operation itself;

·         You pay only for the data transfer out of the source region and for the data storage in the destination region.

·        You are not charged if the copy fails, but you are charged if you cancel a snapshot that is underway at the time.