Arcserve Cloud Storage
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What is Arcserve Cloud Storage
Arcserve Cloud Storage is a cloud-based storage service used as a target repository for backup, retention, and recovery workflows. It is typically used by IT teams and managed service providers that need offsite copies of data to support disaster recovery and ransomware recovery objectives. The service is commonly integrated with Arcserve’s backup and disaster recovery products to move backup data to the cloud and restore it when needed. It focuses on providing cloud storage optimized for backup use cases rather than general-purpose file collaboration.
Purpose-built backup cloud target
The service is designed to store backup data offsite for recovery scenarios, which aligns with common disaster recovery and data recovery requirements. It fits organizations that want a managed cloud repository without building and operating their own secondary site. In practice it is used as a destination for backup jobs and long-term retention, rather than as a general file sync platform. This specialization can simplify backup-to-cloud configurations compared with assembling multiple components.
Integrates with Arcserve ecosystem
Arcserve Cloud Storage is positioned to work with Arcserve’s backup and DR tooling, enabling a more consistent workflow for sending backups to the cloud and restoring them. This can reduce integration effort for customers already standardized on Arcserve products. It also supports common operational needs such as offsite retention and recovery testing within the same vendor stack. For Arcserve-centric environments, this can be operationally simpler than mixing vendors for storage and backup orchestration.
Supports offsite retention strategy
Using a cloud repository helps implement a 3-2-1 style backup approach by keeping an additional copy offsite. This is relevant for disaster recovery planning, ransomware resilience, and compliance-driven retention. Cloud storage can also reduce dependence on physical media rotation and secondary datacenter capacity. The model is suited to organizations that want predictable offsite storage operations managed by a vendor.
Best fit with Arcserve tools
The product is primarily positioned as part of the Arcserve portfolio, so organizations using other backup platforms may not get the same level of integration. If a customer’s environment spans multiple backup vendors, operational consistency may require additional tooling or processes. This can limit flexibility compared with vendor-neutral storage targets that emphasize broad third-party integration. Buyers should validate supported integrations for their specific backup applications and workloads.
Not a full DR orchestration suite
Cloud storage alone does not provide end-to-end disaster recovery orchestration such as automated failover, runbook management, or application-level recovery workflows. Organizations with stringent RTO/RPO requirements may need additional DR software and testing processes beyond a cloud repository. This can increase total solution complexity when compared with platforms that bundle storage, backup, and DR automation in one product family. Fit depends on whether the primary need is offsite backup storage or full DR operations.
Cost and egress considerations
Cloud-based recovery can introduce variable costs tied to stored capacity, retention duration, and data retrieval/egress during restores. Large-scale recovery events can require significant bandwidth and time, which may affect recovery objectives. These factors are common to cloud storage-based DR approaches and should be modeled during planning. Customers should confirm pricing structure, retrieval fees, and any minimum retention or capacity commitments.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (per-backend TB storage) Free tier/trial: 30-day free trial available (time-limited). See notes. Example costs:
- Arcserve Store — Arcserve Cloud Storage (Monthly): $24.99 USD per 1 Back-end TB (price shown on the Arcserve Store product page for the monthly variant).
- Arcserve Store — Arcserve Cloud Storage (1 Year / other term lengths): $24.99 USD shown on the Arcserve Store product page (term lengths available: 1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years). Unit definition: 1 Quantity = 1 Back-end TB of Data (store product page). Discount / purchase options: Term-length variants listed on the Arcserve Store (1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years). For volume/enterprise pricing or custom contracts, contact Arcserve sales (not listed as fixed tiers on the public store).
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Arcserve LLC
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