Hello Azure Community,
Microsoft has announced a substantial reduction in the Protected Instance (PI) fees for Azure Backup of SAP HANA databases running on Azure Virtual Machines, effective September 1, 2024. This update aims to deliver enhanced value and cost efficiency for enterprises safeguarding their critical SAP HANA data.
Revised Pricing Structure
- HANA Backint/Streaming Backup:
- A flat rate of $80 per instance (in regions like East US2), irrespective of the HANA database size.
- Example: Protecting a 1.2 TB HANA database in East US2 now incurs a monthly PI cost of $80, reduced from the previous $240.
- HANA Snapshot Backup:
- $80 per 5 TB increment (in regions like East US2).
- Example: For a 10 TB HANA database in East US2, the new PI cost is $160 plus storage consumed, a significant decrease from the former $1,600.
Impact on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
These pricing adjustments substantially lower the TCO for businesses utilizing Azure Backup for SAP HANA. The reduced PI fees, combined with Azure’s scalable and secure backup infrastructure, offer a more economical solution for protecting enterprise-grade databases.
Why Choose Azure Backup for SAP HANA?
- Native Integration – Seamlessly integrates with SAP HANA’s backint APIs, ensuring efficient and reliable backup and restore operations.
- High Performance – Supports high-frequency backups with Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) as low as 15 minutes, facilitating rapid data recovery.
- Comprehensive Management – Provides centralized monitoring, alerting, and reporting, simplifying the management of backup operations across large-scale environments.
By adopting Azure Backup for SAP HANA, organizations can achieve robust data protection while benefiting from the newly reduced costs, thereby enhancing their data resilience strategies.
Azure continues to evolve—this is another step toward making cloud backup more efficient and cost-effective. Stay ahead with the latest innovations! 🚀