CloudEndure Disaster Recovery AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Continuous block-level replication and rapid point-in-time recovery service for physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers into an elastic staging area on AWS.
Naming timeline
- CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
Continuous block-level disaster recovery service acquired by AWS in January 2019 and operated through the standalone CloudEndure console.
- AWS Elastic Disaster RecoveryCurrent name
Launched on November 17, 2021 as the AWS-native evolution of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery on the drs API; standalone CloudEndure Disaster Recovery was discontinued on September 29, 2025.
What is CloudEndure Disaster Recovery called now?
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is now called AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, with the latest change on 17 November 2021 (General Availability (CloudEndure DR Discontinued Sep 29, 2025)). Continuous block-level replication and rapid point-in-time recovery service for physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers into an elastic staging area on AWS. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Elastic Disaster Recovery
- DRS
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | drs |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws drs |
| IAM Actions & Policies | drs:* |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_drs_replication_configuration_template |
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery operates on the active drs API namespace, aws drs CLI, drs:* IAM actions, and aws_drs_replication_configuration_template Terraform resource.
Notes & disambiguation
- Launched in general availability on November 17, 2021, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) is the AWS-native evolution of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery, moving management from the standalone CloudEndure SaaS console into the AWS Management Console with native IAM, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch integration.
- Per the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery User Guide document history, AWS officially discontinued standalone CloudEndure Disaster Recovery on September 29, 2025 following customer migration to AWS DRS.
- Uses the drs API namespace (drs.<region>.amazonaws.com), aws drs CLI subcommand, drs:* IAM actions, and aws_drs_* Terraform resources.
Sources & official documentation
- Official documentation ↗
- Product page ↗
- Announcing general availability of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery — AWS What's New (Nov 17, 2021)
- Scalable, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery in the Cloud — AWS News Blog (Nov 17, 2021)
- Document history for the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery User Guide (CloudEndure Disaster Recovery discontinued Sep 29, 2025)
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