AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

AWS StorageFree tier available

Disaster-recovery-as-a-service that continuously replicates on-premises and cloud servers into a staging area in AWS with sub-second RPO and minutes-RTO, plus automated failover, failback, and non-disruptive DR drills

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Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ

USSeattle, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations

APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther40 regions across 7 jurisdictions

Sovereign option

Yes — 6 sovereign-flagged regions available

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Attributes

Rpo: sub-second
Rto: minutes

Sub-services (3)

Source Servers

On-premises or cloud servers replicated continuously to the staging area

Recovery Instances

EC2 instances launched on demand from the latest replicated point-in-time

Recovery Drills

Non-disruptive failover tests that verify RPO/RTO without impacting production

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

GDPR SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA PCI DSS FedRAMP

Where this runs

40 regions

28 countries

6sovereign

Sovereign regions (6)

AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Brandenburg) · BrandenburgAWS European Sovereign Cloud
AWS GovCloud (US-East) · AshburnAWS GovCloud (US)
AWS GovCloud (US-West) · HillsboroAWS GovCloud (US)
AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Brandenburg) · BrandenburgAWS European Sovereign Cloud
China (Beijing) · BeijingAWS China (Sinnet)
China (Ningxia) · YinchuanAWS China (NWCD)

Commercial regions (34)

Europe (8)

Europe (Paris)
Europe (Frankfurt)
Europe (Ireland)
Europe (Milan)
Europe (Spain)
Europe (Stockholm)
Europe (Zurich)
Europe (London)

North America (7)

Canada West (Calgary)
Canada (Central)
Mexico (Central)
US East (N. Virginia)
US West (Oregon)
US East (Ohio)
US West (N. California)

South America (1)

South America (São Paulo)

Asia (11)

Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Asia Pacific (Taipei)
Asia Pacific (Thailand)

Oceania (3)

Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

Middle East (3)

Middle East (Bahrain)
Israel (Tel Aviv)
Middle East (UAE)

Africa (1)

Africa (Cape Town)

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Pricing

Pricing model:pay-per-server