Multi-Region Disaster Recovery: What Your RPO/RTO Decisions Actually Cost

Multi-Region Disaster Recovery: What Your RPO/RTO Decisions Actually Cost Every RPO and RTO target in your DR plan has a line item attached to it. A 15-minute RPO costs a specific amount per month. A 5-minute RPO costs roughly twice that. Most teams discover these numbers on their cloud bill , not during architecture review. This piece works through the cost structure of each DR tier, using a representative 3-tier application as the base case. By the end you will have a model you can apply to yo