Ashish Soni

MSP

Cross-Account RDS Migration Using AWS DMS (Snapshot + CDC Strategy)

Migrating databases between AWS accounts is often necessary for environment isolation, organizational changes, or setting up security boundaries. Basic migrations can be performed using dumps or replication. However, production environments need minimal downtime, consistency guarantees, and controlled cutover procedures. A strong...

10-Mar-2026

MSP

Redis Cluster backups and restoration

Redis Cluster backups to Amazon S3 using a single bash script and cron. It’s safe, slot-aware (backs up every node you run it on), and waits for BGSAVE to finish before uploading. What this setup does Runs on each Redis node, including masters and replicas, so you get a full cluster backup. It triggers BGSAVE, waits for the...

09-Sep-2025