When rehydrating data are rehydration charges multiplied across the different geo regions?

Marija Kirandjiska 15 Reputation points
2025-03-14T06:52:52.7166667+00:00

Let’s say I have a GRS general storage v2 account, if I rehydrate data from archive, there will be data read transactions and data retrieval charges. However will these charges or any other charges duplicate per geo region due to the rehydration process?

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  1. Vinod Kumar Reddy Chilupuri 4,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-03-14T12:26:32.8333333+00:00

    Hi Marija Kirandjiska,

    When rehydrating data from an archive in a GRS (Geo-Redundant Storage) account, the charges for data read transactions and data retrieval are indeed applicable. However, the context does not explicitly state that these charges are duplicated across different geo regions during the rehydration process.
    It mentions that geo-redundancy incurs an egress bandwidth charge at the time of the change because your entire storage account is being replicated to the secondary region, which suggests that charges may apply for the data transfer involved in geo-redundancy.

    For more information about data rehydration, see Azure Storage Pricing.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/archive-cost-estimation#calculate-costs

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