Best practice for S3 backups' frequency and retention

S3 backups are meant for low-frequency (weekly,monthly, yearly), long-term (over 3 months) retention backups.

You can see our recommendation for S3 backup here: https://rg6051loyag2io6oe11p1rcg-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/N2WS-quick-guide-optimize-backups-S3.pdf

Not following these recommendation will actually cost you money, instead of saving.

Also, running S3 backup daily may cause failures, as S3 backup/cleanup is a time consuming process, which may take over 24 hours.

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