Patent ID: 11928029
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed on one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform:
for a distributed data storage system that stores data for a table in two or more partitions on respective storage nodes of the distributed data storage system:
obtaining a list of the multiple partitions in which data for the table is stored prior to performing an independent backup operation for each of the two or more partitions; and
performing the independent backup operation for each of the two or more partitions,
wherein said performing the independent backup operation for each of the two or more partitions comprises:
initiating performance of an independent backup operation for each of the multiple partitions on the list;
subsequent to said initiating, determining that the set of partitions in which data for the table is stored has changed; and
in response to said determining that the set of partitions in which data for the table is stored has changed, obtaining a current list of partitions in which data for the table is stored, wherein the current list of partitions comprises the two or more partitions.