Why back up to the cloud
Object storage in the cloud offers durability, scale and geographic separation from your primary site. It is a popular target for backups and long-term archives.
The bandwidth question
Backups must complete within their window. Over the internet, throughput varies and large jobs can overrun. A private DC-to-Cloud link provides consistent capacity, making window planning reliable.
Don’t forget restores
The point of a backup is recovery. Consider how quickly you need to restore critical data and make sure the link can support that — restores often need more bandwidth than nightly incrementals.
A sample setup
- Private connection from your data center to the cloud on-ramp.
- Backup software writing to cloud object storage over the private path.
- Encryption at rest and in transit.
- Lifecycle rules moving older backups to cheaper storage tiers.
- Regular restore tests.
Keep a copy elsewhere
For ransomware resilience, keep at least one copy immutable or isolated from your main credentials.
Ask us about capacity for your backup and restore objectives.
