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Author: Ankita Dutta

articles/site-recovery/site-recovery-cost.md

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 Azure to Azure (A2A) disaster recovery in Site Recovery is a robust disaster recovery solution offering seamless replication and failover capabilities for virtual and physical machines. It is important to understand the cost components associated with using Site Recovery to manage expenses effectively. Following is a detailed breakdown of the charges you may incur when using this service.
 
+You can use this [pricing calculator](https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/4/634d782a-883f-4834-876d-a7c6eb25e199/ASR_A2A_Calculator.xlsm) to simulate the estimated costs for Azure to Azure Managed Disks. 
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+> [!NOTE]
+> This calculator gives an estimate of Site Recovery usage costs. It shouldn't be taken as the final cost. If you have any issues or feedback, contact [email protected].
 
 ## Protected Instance License fee
 
 The Protected Instance License fee is a fundamental charge for using Azure Site Recovery. This license is billed per protected instance, where an instance refers to either a virtual machine or a physical server. The fee is a fixed cost and applies uniformly across different types of instances.
 
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 ## Storage cost
 
 Storage cost is a significant part of the overall expense when using Azure Site Recovery. This cost includes:
 
 - **Replica Storage**: The replica storage in the target location mirrors source storage. This storage is used during replication, and its size and type depend on the source storage configuration. Applicable only for A2A.
 - **Cache Storage Account Cost**:
   - **Azure Virtual Machines**: The cache storage account is in the source region. When a user selects *High Churn* the cache storage account uses Premium Block Blob. For *Normal Churn* it uses a General Purpose Storage Account. The charges depend on the type of storage account used. There are minimal egress costs only in A2A for Delta Replication.
-  - **VMware/Physical Machines/Hyper-V Machines**: The cache storage account is in the target region, charged at Gpv2 or Gpv1 pricing as per the user's selection.
+  - **VMware/Physical Machines/Hyper-V Machines**: The cache storage account is in the target region, charged at General Purpose Storage Account pricing as per the user's selection.
 
 
 ## Storage Transactional cost
 
-Storage transactions incur charges during the replication process and regular virtual machine operations after a failover or test failover. These costs are associated with the read and write operations performed on the cache storage account. During initial replication or resync, attaching more disks to a VM increases transactional costs. After that, transactional costs will depend on the churn on the source disks for delta replication.
+Storage transactions incur charges during the replication process and regular virtual machine operations after a failover or test failover. These costs are associated with the read and write operations performed on the cache storage account. During initial replication or resync, attaching more disks to a VM increases transactional costs. After that, transactional costs depend on the churn on the source disks for delta replication.
 
 
 ## Network Egress cost
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 - **Source**:
   - For Pv1 disks, incremental snapshots are charged.
-  - For Pv2 disks, one full snapshot followed by incremental snapshots is charged. A total of 12 snapshots are retained.
+  - For Pv2 disks, one full snapshot followed by incremental snapshots is charged. 
 - **Target**:
   - Snapshot costs are associated with the recovery points created by Azure Site Recovery. These snapshots capture the replica storage at a point in time and are charged based on the consumed capacity. Pricing details align with Page Blob Snapshots. [Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/storage/page-blobs/#:~:text=Note%3A%20Snapshots%20are%20charged,at%20%240.12%20%2FGB%20per%20month.?msockid=3816c7206e2268e7035dd3316f7069f4).