Google Backup and DR

4wb44ron · 02-22-2023 11:11 PM

Can someone confirm if Google Backup & DR doesn't charge their customer for the compute engine instance serving as the backup appliance? During my testing, I noticed that the compute engine instance for the said appliance uses machine type e2-standard-16 which translates to 16core, 64GB RAM, and 200GB Standard Disk configuration. Upon checking with GCP Pricing Calculator, such config is about 390+ dollars a month depending on the region.

Having said that, I'm a bit worried that this might be billed to us once put into production. However, this link does explicitly confirm nor deny that the said appliance w

Pradeep_Palla

Hi,

The Backup Appliance VM which resides in Customer Project will considered as a standard Compute engine VM and Customer will be charged as per the monthly billing rate of e2-standard-16. The amount of Data being protected by GCBDR service will be charged separately, however there is no charge for Management Console VM which reside on Google's Project.

I have experience in Design and Implementation of GCBDR Service for customers and I have clarified this to customers.

shradhakatyal

Hi,

The backup appliance will be chargeable as per the compute engine pricing. Today we provide another appliance type option to customers wanting to protect only compute engine VMs which uses e2-standard-4 machine type. See this for more information on the supported appliance types.