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Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery

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What it is

Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates on-premises and cloud-based applications to AWS for recovery with reduced downtime and data loss. It can launch recovery instances from the latest server state or a selected earlier point in time, support non-disruptive recovery drills and fail recovered applications back to their source environment. Sources include physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, other cloud providers and EC2 instances recovering to another Availability Zone or Region. Supported Windows and Linux workloads include Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server databases and SAP. The service can replicate AWS network settings such as subnets, security groups, route tables, internet gateways and network ACLs. Post-launch actions can run Systems Manager commands or automations. The console shows servers, events and metrics. Pricing is $0.03 a month, billed hourly per actively replicating source server. There is no free plan.

Spec sheet

Purpose
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates on-premises and cloud-based applications to AWS to support recovery with reduced downtime and data loss.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Security
Agent and replication-server communication uses TLS 1.2, and requests are signed using credentials associated with an IAM principal.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Compliance
Third-party auditors assess AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as part of multiple AWS compliance programs; audit reports are available through AWS Artifact.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Support
Product support is provided through AWS Premium Support according to the customer's support plan, and AWS recommends Business or Enterprise Support for production workloads.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Feature: automated actions
Post-launch actions can run AWS Systems Manager commands or automations, including predefined monitoring, connectivity, and volume checks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Feature: network recovery
The service can replicate AWS network configuration including subnets, security groups, route tables, internet gateways, and network ACLs.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Integration: AWS monitoring
The service console lets users monitor replicating servers and view events and metrics.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Notable limits
The agent does not support 32-bit systems or Windows on arm64; Linux arm64 source support is limited to AWS-to-AWS recovery.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Recovery
It can launch recovery instances using the most up-to-date server state or a selected earlier point in time.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Replication agent
The AWS Replication Agent can be installed on Linux and Windows source servers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Supported sources
Supported source infrastructure includes physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, other cloud providers, and EC2 instances recovering to another Availability Zone or Region.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Testing and failback
The service supports non-disruptive recovery drills and a process to fail recovered applications back to the source environment.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Workloads
Supported Windows and Linux applications include databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server, and enterprise applications such as SAP.Read 4 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

Usage-based pricing $0.03 a month Billed hourly per actively replicating source server Continuous data replication · Test launches · Recovery launches · Point-in-time recovery Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Point-in-time recovery launches
  • Non-disruptive recovery drills
  • Failback to source environment
  • Replicates AWS network configuration
  • Recovery orchestration and ransomware recovery

Limits

  • No free plan
  • Agent excludes 32-bit systems
  • Windows on arm64 is unsupported
  • Linux arm64 source support is AWS-to-AWS only

Who it suits

It suits organizations needing recovery orchestration for Windows or Linux servers across on-premises, cloud and AWS environments. Production users should account for the stated support recommendation and agent limits.

Verdict

Elastic Disaster Recovery covers varied source infrastructures, server workloads, recovery drills and failback while providing monitoring and automated post-launch actions. Usage-based billing and platform restrictions should be checked before deployment.

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