A guide to budgeting for AWS Backup in VMware virtual environments
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This article provides a guide for budgeting and estimating costs when using AWS Backup for backing up VMware virtual environments.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Understanding how AWS Backup charges are calculated based on the average monthly backup data consumed
- Details of a test case involving backing up a Windows VM from a VMware environment using AWS Backup
- Comparisons of the backup data size recognized by AWS Backup, VMware vSphere, and the Windows OS
- Calculation of the actual AWS Backup cost based on the test case, which showed the billed storage was roughly equal to the used storage seen by VMware vSphere
- Conclusion that in thin-provisioned VMware environments, AWS Backup bills based on the actual used storage rather than allocated disk capacity
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