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Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery
What it is
Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery replicates applications from physical and virtual servers, other clouds, and AWS environments to AWS for recovery. Recovery instances can start from the latest server state or a selected earlier point in time. Teams can run non-disruptive drills and fail recovered applications back to their source environment. Supported sources include VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, physical servers, other cloud providers, and EC2 instances recovering across Availability Zones or Regions. Windows and Linux workloads include Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, and SAP. The AWS Replication Agent runs on Linux and Windows source servers. Post-launch actions can invoke Systems Manager commands or automations, while network recovery can replicate subnets, security groups, route tables, gateways, and network ACLs. The console shows servers, events, and metrics. Usage is billed hourly per actively replicating source server, with a listed rate of $0.03 a month and no free plan.
For and against
For
- Supports physical servers, VMware, Hyper-V, and cloud sources
- Point-in-time recovery options
- Non-disruptive recovery drills
- Replicates AWS network configuration
- Recovery orchestration and ransomware recovery listed
Against
- No free plan listed
- Agent excludes 32-bit systems
- Windows on arm64 is unsupported
- Linux arm64 source support is AWS-to-AWS only
The verdict
Elastic Disaster Recovery covers replication, recovery testing, failback, and network restoration across several source environments. Check agent architecture limits and hourly usage billing before deployment.
Who it suits
This service suits organizations protecting Windows or Linux servers across on-premises, cloud, and AWS environments. It is aimed at teams needing drills, point-in-time recovery, and failback.
Plans and prices
Usage-based pricing
Continuous data replication · Test launches · Recovery launches · Point-in-time recovery
Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On the record
- Compliance
- Third-party auditors assess AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as part of multiple AWS compliance programs; audit reports are available through AWS Artifact.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Feature: automated actions
- Post-launch actions can run AWS Systems Manager commands or automations, including predefined monitoring, connectivity, and volume checks.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Feature: network recovery
- The service can replicate AWS network configuration including subnets, security groups, route tables, internet gateways, and network ACLs.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integration: AWS monitoring
- The service console lets users monitor replicating servers and view events and metrics.aws.amazon.com · read 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.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 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.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Recovery
- It can launch recovery instances using the most up-to-date server state or a selected earlier point in time.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Replication agent
- The AWS Replication Agent can be installed on Linux and Windows source servers.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Agent and replication-server communication uses TLS 1.2, and requests are signed using credentials associated with an IAM principal.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 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.aws.amazon.com · read 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.aws.amazon.com · read 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.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Workloads
- Supported Windows and Linux applications include databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server, and enterprise applications such as SAP.aws.amazon.com · read 4 Oct 2026
