DB & Storage Folder Backup

spatie backup is the way to go.

You can commit database and storage backups to S3 (for instance) and the package will manage stored backups and alert you to any issues

https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-backup/v5/introduction

Thanks, this looks just like what I need :)

Why not store the images/uploads on S3 w/replication to begin with?

What do you mean by "replication"?

S3 has replication available which puts your files in multiple regions, so they are always backed up in multiple locations. If something happens to happen to files in one location, you can just switch the bucket you're using to the backup bucket and no downtime except the config file change (large backups can take a long time to restore)

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/crr.html

Thanks. I didn't know that. Great info :)