# Azure Recovery Services Vault optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented Azure Recovery Services Vault cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented Azure Recovery Services Vault cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- Azure Recovery Services Vault  CER-0281

### [Idle Recovery Services Vault Backups and Suboptimal Backup Storage Tiering](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/idle-recovery-services-vault-backups-and-suboptimal-backup-storage-tiering)

Backup data remains in a Recovery Services Vault after the original protected resource has been deleted. These orphaned backups continue to consume storage and generate cost despite no longer supporting an active workload. In addition,...

Storage

- Azure Recovery Services Vault  CER-0447

### [Geo-Redundant Recovery Services Vault Storage for Non-Critical Backups](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/geo-redundant-recovery-services-vault-storage-for-non-critical-backups)

New Recovery Services vaults default to geo-redundant storage (GRS) for backup data, and the storage replication type can only be changed before the first backup is configured. Teams creating vaults for development, test, sandbox or other...

Storage

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