AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)
Fast, reliable, and cost-effective disaster recovery
Overview
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is the recommended DR service for AWS. It allows organizations to recover their applications on AWS from physical, virtual, or other cloud environments. The service continuously replicates block-level data to a low-cost staging area in a target AWS account, enabling recovery in minutes.
✨ Key Features
- Continuous block-level replication
- Point-in-time recovery
- Automated server conversion to run on AWS
- Non-disruptive recovery and failback drills
- Minimal resource footprint in the staging area
- Support for on-prem and other cloud sources
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Continuous block-level replication for low RPOs
- Cost-effective staging area minimizes ongoing costs
- Automated machine conversion for native AWS performance
Unique Value: Enables fast and reliable recovery to AWS with RPOs of seconds and RTOs of minutes, while minimizing costs by using a lightweight staging area instead of fully provisioned resources.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Failing over on-premises VMware applications to EC2 instances
- Conducting non-disruptive DR tests in an isolated VPC
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations without any AWS presence or strategy
- Application-level replication (DRS is block-level)
🏆 Alternatives
Offers lower RPOs than snapshot-based solutions and is more deeply integrated and cost-optimized for AWS compared to third-party tools.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (AWS Support Plans (Business, Enterprise) tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 90-day free trial
Free tier: 90-day free trial for each replicating source server
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