Amazon OpenSearch Service provides automated snapshots for data backup and recovery, maintaining data durability and business continuity.Snapshot efficiency enhancements in OpenSearch domains aim to avoid operational impact.The traditional OpenSearch snapshot mechanism involves significant communication overhead, especially in large deployments.OpenSearch optimized instances have improved data durability and efficiency by referencing existing data during snapshots.Shallow snapshot v2 reduces data duplication and communication overhead through timestamp-based referencing.Shallow snapshot v2 offers substantial performance improvements and scalability benefits with faster snapshot creation.The architecture of shallow snapshot v2 simplifies operations and enhances storage efficiency, leading to cost savings.Future enhancements may include point in time recovery and further performance optimizations.Shallow Snapshot V2 provides a robust solution for modern data backup challenges in Amazon OpenSearch Service domains.Authors of the article include Sachin Kale, Bukhtawar Khan, and Gaurav Bafna, who work on various aspects of OpenSearch at AWS.