Cloud Backup
Retain a secure, offsite backup of your data using the cloud as primary or secondary storage — built to support disaster recovery, and protected against ransomware with immutable storage.
Where you store your backup data is a strategic decision
A public cloud avoids infrastructure costs, but WAN bandwidth and transmission charges can become an obstacle during a large-scale restore. Owning your own private cloud storage removes those transmission charges. Most businesses land on a hybrid approach — backup software that writes an onsite copy and a cloud copy side by side, or an initial full upload followed by incremental or differential backups.
- Full backups copy the entire data set every time — maximum protection, longer backup window
- Incremental backups copy only what's changed since the last backup — less resource, more complex restores
- Differential backups copy everything changed since the last full backup — faster, simpler restores
Protected against ransomware by design
Commvault, Rubrik and VEEAM all support immutable storage. WORM (Write Once Read Many) functionality locks backups for a retention period you set, so they can't be modified or deleted until it expires.
Learn about Immutable Storage →Public, private or hybrid backup
Public cloud
No infrastructure to own, though WAN bandwidth and transmission costs are worth planning for on a large-scale restore.
Private cloud
You own the storage, so there are no transmission charges to worry about during a restore.
Hybrid backup
Backup software writes an onsite copy and a cloud copy together, or uploads incrementals after an initial full backup.