Backups should be safe, not endless. RDS snapshots become waste when retention is unmanaged.
Most tools stop at visibility. OpsCurb treats findings like work: identify the resource, assign the owner, and keep follow-through visible until it closes.
Start with the Core Scan Role, add optional capabilities later, and review the public permission mapping before you connect.
Frame the issue in monthly and annual impact so the cleanup gets prioritized and tracked.
Use evidence, guardrails, and handoff language instead of raw AWS screenshots alone.
Databases evolve, and snapshots accumulate across migrations and incidents.
Without a clear retention policy, teams either over-keep or over-delete.
Validate each service’s Recovery Point Objective before deleting anything.
Cross-check snapshot IDs against migration plans and incident runbooks, so nothing essential slips through.
Deleting a snapshot without full context can materially increase recovery time during outage response.
Automated cleanup without owner signoff is the fastest way to create irreversible data risk.
The financial upside comes from recurring storage spend reduction once retention is standardized.
The strongest ROI comes from codifying a retention minimum and reducing future ad hoc cleanup overhead.
Start with oldest low-criticality snapshots and document why each candidate passes retention checks.
Create a clear "keep vs delete" threshold for each workload class.
These are the friction points teams usually need to clear before they turn a likely savings opportunity into a real cleanup task.
Only after explicit policy alignment. Bulk deletion without owner policy can increase recovery risk unexpectedly.
Confirmation of retention policy, no active dependency in runbooks, and an explicit owner approval record.
Not yet. OpsCurb helps identify candidates and estimate impact; your team executes retention policy changes.
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