Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery
Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates applications from on-premises servers and cloud environments to AWS, with the aim of reducing downtime and data l…
What Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery is
Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates applications from on-premises servers and cloud environments to AWS, with the aim of reducing downtime and data loss during recovery. It can start recovery instances from the latest server state or a selected earlier point in time. Teams can run non-disruptive recovery drills and use a failback process to return recovered applications to their source environment. Supported sources include physical servers, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, other cloud providers, and EC2 instances recovering to another Availability Zone or Region. Windows and Linux workloads include Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server databases, as well as SAP. The service can replicate AWS network configuration and run post-launch Systems Manager commands or automations. Its console shows replicating servers, events, and metrics. Pricing is usage-based, billed hourly per actively replicating source server, at $0.03 a month. There is no free plan listed. The replication agent does not support 32-bit systems or Windows on arm64; Linux arm64 support is limited to AWS-to-AWS recovery.
Good
- Supports recovery from a selected earlier point in time
- Includes non-disruptive recovery drills and failback
- Supports physical servers, VMware, Hyper-V, and cloud sources
- Can replicate AWS network configuration
- Offers recovery orchestration
Watch out
- No free plan is listed
- Agent excludes 32-bit systems and Windows on arm64
- Linux arm64 support is limited to AWS-to-AWS recovery
Who it suits
This service suits organizations that need to recover supported Windows or Linux server workloads on AWS. It is relevant to teams protecting on-premises, cloud, or EC2-based applications.
Verdict
Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery supports recovery drills, point-in-time launches, and failback across several source environments. Check its agent limits and AWS support-plan requirements before relying on it for production workloads.
Plans and prices
From Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Usage-based pricing | $0.03 a month | Continuous data replication · Test launches · Recovery launches · Point-in-time recovery · Billed hourly per actively replicating source server |
The facts
Each one read from Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compliance
- Third-party auditors assess AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as part of multiple AWS compliance programs; audit reports are available through AWS Artifact.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Feature: automated actions
- Post-launch actions can run AWS Systems Manager commands or automations, including predefined monitoring, connectivity, and volume checks.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Feature: network recovery
- The service can replicate AWS network configuration including subnets, security groups, route tables, internet gateways, and network ACLs.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integration: AWS monitoring
- The service console lets users monitor replicating servers and view events and metrics.checked 4 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates on-premises and cloud-based applications to AWS to support recovery with reduced downtime and data loss.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Recovery
- It can launch recovery instances using the most up-to-date server state or a selected earlier point in time.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Replication agent
- The AWS Replication Agent can be installed on Linux and Windows source servers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Agent and replication-server communication uses TLS 1.2, and requests are signed using credentials associated with an IAM principal.checked 4 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Testing and failback
- The service supports non-disruptive recovery drills and a process to fail recovered applications back to the source environment.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Workloads
- Supported Windows and Linux applications include databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server, and enterprise applications such as SAP.checked 4 Oct 2026
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