# AWS Backup optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented AWS Backup cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented AWS Backup cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- AWS Backup  CER-0071

### [Redundant Backup Data from Full Copies and Overlapping Plans in AWS Backup](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/lack-of-deduplication-and-change-block-tracking-in-aws-backup)

AWS Backup stores backups incrementally for many resource types: the first backup is full and later backups capture only changes, such as changed blocks for EBS snapshots. However, AWS Backup does not deduplicate data across different...

Storage

- AWS Backup  CER-0399

### [Long-Term AWS Backup Recovery Points Kept in Warm Storage](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/long-term-aws-backup-recovery-points-kept-in-warm-storage)

Every AWS Backup recovery point is created in warm storage. For several resource types, a backup rule can move recovery points to a lower-cost cold storage tier after a set number of days, but the transition is optional and off unless the...

Storage

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- [AWS DynamoDB  7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-dynamodb)

- [AWS Bedrock  6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-bedrock)

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