#Manage Your Storage

The archiving functionality is available for the following content sources: Teams & Groups, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, File System, and Google Drive. You can archive content to designated storage locations for a specified retention period.

File System limitations: Soft delete is not supported; the following storage types are not supported: AvePoint Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and Dropbox.

If your organization’s subscription for AvePoint Opus has AvePoint storage enabled, a default storage location AvePoint storage will be available for use. AvePoint storage is hosted by AvePoint on Microsoft Azure Blob Storage or Google Cloud Storage, and has a minimum retention period of 90 days. This storage location resides in the same data center that was selected during your registration to AvePoint Online Services, and its configuration cannot be modified. For the available data centers, refer to Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform and Google Cloud Platform.

You also have the option to use your own storage locations. Opus currently supports the following storage types for BYOS: Amazon S3, Amazon S3-Compatible Storage, Dropbox, FTP, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, and SFTP. To ensure optimal performance, AvePoint recommends setting up your storage locations in the same data center as your AvePoint Online Services tenant, as transferring data between different data centers can lead to increased costs and reduced efficiency. For the available data centers, refer to Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform and Google Cloud Platform.

By default, AvePoint Opus compresses and encrypts the archived content. The compression level is preset and cannot be adjusted, while encryption is configured via encryption profiles in AvePoint Online Services. For detailed instructions on encryption profiles, refer to Encryption Management.