I trust RDS to backup the DB properly. I don't trust myself to have perfectly configured RDS backups; to not have missed something critical (S3 bucket); to not

I trust RDS to backup the DB properly. I don't trust myself to have perfectly configured RDS backups; to not have missed something critical (S3 bucket); to not have any number of other things outside the DB itself that may come into play should the worst happen. Running through a "restore from backup" exercise every so often helps suss out where the missing pieces are.