# AWS Backup endpoints and quotas
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To connect programmatically to an AWS service, you use an endpoint. AWS services offer the following endpoint types in some or all of the AWS Regions that the service supports: IPv4 endpoints, dual-stack endpoints, and FIPS endpoints. Some services provide global endpoints. For more information, see [AWS service endpoints](rande.md).

Service quotas, also referred to as limits, are the maximum number of service resources or operations for your AWS account. For more information, see [AWS service quotas](aws_service_limits.md).

The following are the service endpoints and service quotas for this service.

## Service endpoints
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html)

## Service quotas
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html)

If you regularly receive throttling exceptions, consider using a rate limiter.


| API name | Default calls/sec | 
| --- | --- | 
| CreateBackupPlan \$1 CreateBackupSelection \$1 DeleteBackupPlan \$1 DeleteBackupSelection \$1 DeleteBackupVault \$1 DeleteBackupVaultAccessPolicy \$1 DeleteBackupVaultNotifications \$1 DescribeBackupVault \$1 ExportBackupPlanTemplate \$1 GetBackupPlanFromJSON \$1 GetBackupPlanFromTemplate \$1 PutBackupVaultNotifications \$1 StartBackupJob \$1 StartRestoreJob \$1 StopBackupJob \$1 TagResource \$1 UntagResource \$1 UpdateBackupPlan \$1 UpdateRecoveryPointLifecycle | 5 | 
| DeleteRecoveryPoint \$1 DescribeProtectedResource | 10 | 
| DescribeBackupJob \$1 DescribeRecoveryPoint \$1 DescribeRestoreJob \$1 GetBackupPlan \$1 GetBackupSelection \$1 GetBackupVaultAccessPolicy \$1 GetBackupVaultNotifications \$1 GetRecoveryPointRestoreMetadata \$1 GetSupportedResourceTypes | 15 | 
| ListBackupJobs \$1 ListBackupPlans \$1 ListBackupPlanTemplates \$1 ListBackupPlanVersions \$1 ListBackupSelections \$1 ListBackupVaults \$1 ListProtectedResources \$1 ListRecoveryPointByResource \$1 ListRecoveryPointsByBackupVault \$1 ListRecoveryPointsByResource \$1 ListRestoreJobs \$1 ListTags | 20 | 
| Sum of All API Calls | 50 | 

For additional information, see [Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-limits.html) in the *AWS Backup Developer Guide*.