ARC Region switch adds Amazon RDS Switchover Read Replica execution block
It replaces manual recovery steps with automation, reducing downtime and risk for multi-Region applications during regional outages.
- Automates role transition between primary database and read replica with zero data loss during planned failover scenarios.
- Automates promotion of read replicas to primary databases during unplanned failovers for rapid recovery.
- Provides native cross-account support to orchestrate recovery of Amazon RDS instances hosted in different accounts from the Region switch plan.
- Available in all commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.