Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery 19.14 Azure Deployment Guide

Determining Microsoft Azure charges for the Cyber Recovery solution

Azure charges a monthly fee for the solution resources (such as services, VNet, and so on) that the Cyber Recovery deployment on Azure consumes.

Consider the following information when planning your Azure architecture:

Machine sizes are based on Azure and vendor recommendations.
Most of the data that is transferred in an Azure cloud occurs between the production DD system and the Cyber Recovery vault DD system being protected. Storage is a fixed cost that is based on consumption.
For details about all data-transfer pricing, such as for restoring data to production systems, see Bandwidth pricing.

The following table lists additional resources to determine transfer costs:

Table 1. Transfer cost resourcesThe table lists links that provide information about transfer costs.
Component	Azure links	Description
Cyber Recovery management host	SLES Standard Virtual Machines Pricing	The VM size is Standard D4ds v4.
DDVE compute	Dell PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE)	The recommended VM size is Standard D4ds v4, however you can select a larger VM size based on your requirements.
DDVE storage	Azure Blob Storage	Azure Standard SSD LRS. Charges increase with increased consumption.
Jump host	CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Benchmark L2	The VM size is Standard D2 v3. CIS preconfigures this image of Windows Server 2019 to the recommendations in the associated CIS Benchmark.
VNet	VPN Gateway Pricing \| Microsoft Azure	N/A
Private endpoints	Azure Private Link pricing	N/A
Private DNS Zone	Azure DNS pricing	A private DNS zone is configured for connectivity to the Azure storage account.

NOTE:

For pricing of Azure monthly hosting in general, see the Azure pricing calculator.