AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs VMware Live Site Recovery
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
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| Figure | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery | VMware Live Site Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.03/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Disaster Recovery Software | 8.7 (#1) | 7.5 (#14) |
| Failback | After a disruption, recovered workloads can replicate back to the original environment and fail back when ready. | Automated failback reverses replication and runs the original recovery plan in the opposite direction after reprotection. |
| Purpose | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery minimizes downtime and data loss by recovering on-premises and cloud-based applications on AWS. | VMware Live Site Recovery automates orchestration and non-disruptive testing of centralized recovery plans for virtualized applications. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.4 out of 5 from 11 reviews for the predecessor CloudEndure Disaster Recovery listing. | 4.5 out of 5 from 137 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery, the predecessor name shown by Gartner. | 4.4 out of 5 from 251 ratings |
| Support | AWS directs customers to Premium Support for product support and recommends Business or Enterprise Support for production workloads. | Production support is included in a VMware Live Recovery term subscription, and support requests go through the Broadcom Support Portal. |
| What it does | AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery continuously replicates physical, virtual and cloud servers into an AWS staging subnet and launches recovery instances in AWS when needed. | VMware Live Site Recovery orchestrates disaster recovery for virtual machines by automating recovery plans, failover, planned migration, testing and failback. |
Plans
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
- AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery$0.03 a month
VMware Live Site Recovery
- Advanced Cyber CompliancePriced on request
- Standalone Site Recovery ManagerPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery CloudPriced on request
- VMware Live Recovery term subscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery recovers on-premises and cloud applications on AWS to reduce downtime and data loss. Recovery instances can launch within minutes from the latest server state or an earlier point in time. Afterward, replicated data can return to the primary site for failback, and non-disruptive recovery and failback drills can run while replication continues. Sources include physical infrastructure, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and other cloud providers. Supported workloads run on supported Windows and Linux versions, including Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, and SAP. Recovery targets include EC2 instances in another Availability Zone or AWS Region. Point-in-time recovery can provide an operational copy from before a security incident. Replication uses TLS 1.2 in transit and can use Amazon EBS encryption at rest, with VPN, Direct Connect, or VPC peering for private connectivity. The service supports up to 300 servers in one staging account and up to 3,000 in one target account using multiple staging accounts. Pricing is $0.03 per month, billed $0.028 per source server per hour; additional AWS resource charges apply.
VMware Live Site Recovery
VMware Live Site Recovery has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.