What Cloud-based Backup Services Mean for Businesses
Business data and its storage, management & access control are paramount to businesses. Safeguarding the huge volume of business data demands robust and highly available infrastructure.
In the case of business data management Enterprises has limitations with security, cost, and data warehousing.
And enterprise in-house data backup and management might not be the wise choice as the risk of data loss and cyber attacks are still prevailing and only a high-performance third-party cloud backup service could come in as a viable solution for data recovery and for supporting business continuity
Companies these days are also compelled to ensure data security standards & policies.
Considering all these demanding data management requirements for a business the most feasible and efficient solution is to avail of cloud-based backup services.
Cloud Storage vs Cloud Backup Service
A cloud storage service allows individual users to store data or a portion of their data in cloud storage. The intention of cloud storage is to share data and to enable access control.
Cloud Backup service
A cloud backup service periodically replicates data to keep the data up-to-date and relevant.
A Cloud Backup service is enabled by a third-party cloud service, so the backup service is independent of the user or organization.
Cloud backup services also enable collaboration but the core purpose is to have a copy of your business data in the event of disasters, such as a cyber attack, Cloud service Crashage or enterprise data loss, etc.
Cloud Backups For Business continuity
In the event of online attacks on businesses, cloud-based backup solutions provide scope for data restoration and business continuity.
The modern-day cloud-based solutions are faster and same time due to the redundancy nature of the backup solutions, you could have multiple copies of your backup as these backup solutions store data in multiple locations to ensure availability and durability. Thus ensuring recovery of their data even if one or more backup copies are lost or corrupted. Some businesses prefer multi-cloud backups, multi cloud backup is used to store backup files with multiple cloud providers, for better availability and to avoid issues with single vendors.
Refer to our blog post on multi-cloud backups to learn about the advantages of multi-cloud Backup
Top 3 cloud-based backup services
1. Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Amazon S3 offers scalable and secure object storage for data backup and archival.
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a cloud service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows you to store your data securely in the cloud. Think of it as a giant virtual hard drive that you can access from anywhere with an internet connection.Amazon S3 is highly reliable and scalable
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
EBS Provides block-level storage for EC2 instances and can be used for snapshot backups.
EBS allows businesses to create and manage virtual hard drives in the cloud that can be easily attached and detached from virtual servers running on AWS. This makes it simple to store and protect data for a wide range of applications, including database backups, disaster recovery, and content management.
Amazon Glacier
Amazon Glacier Offers long-term archival storage for infrequently accessed data. Glacier is designed for data that is rarely accessed but needs to be stored for a long time, such as legal or compliance documents, financial records, or scientific data. It's also great for backup and disaster recovery scenarios where fast data retrieval is unnecessary. Glacier is cost-effective and secure.
2. Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Backup services offer automated backups for virtual machines, applications, and databases running in Azure or on-premises.
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery services allow businesses to replicate their on-premises or cloud-based workloads to the cloud and provide disaster recovery solutions for virtualized workloads, including replication and failover capabilities.
Azure site recovery also provides users with a feature that automates the replication of workloads to a secondary site, this is helpful in case of site failure from the provider.
Azure Archive Storage
Azure Archive Storage provides long-term storage for infrequently accessed data, with cost-effective pricing.
3. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Backup Services
Google Cloud Storage offers a range of storage classes for backup and archival, including Standard, Nearline, and Coldline.
Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service
Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service allows businesses to move data from on-premises storage systems or other cloud providers to GCP storage.
Google Cloud SQL Backup
Google Cloud SQL Backup provides automated backups for Cloud SQL databases.
Real-life examples of Businesses using Cloud Based Backup
Netflix uses Amazon S3 to store its library of TV shows, Movies, and other media content with over 1 trillion assets already stored.
Airbnb reportedly uses Amazon EBS and Slack uses Amazon Glacier for backing up infrequently accessed data types.
Coca-Cola and Spotify use various GCP storage, while Mazda and Daimler AG use Azure Backup for business data, Finance, and marketing data storage and backups.
These are a few examples of Businesses of various scales utilizing cloud backup services. The reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of these Cloud-based backup solutions make Modern Businesses count on cloud services to manage their IT infrastructure.
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