#Manage Your Storage

In the Settings > Storage profilespage, the storage location and data retention time will be displayed..

There are two types of storage locations: the default storage location and the custom storage location. The default storage location is hosted by AvePoint in Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3 storage, or Google Cloud Storage, and cannot be modified. The storage information on Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3 storage, or Google Cloud Storage is displayed on the Settings > Storage profiles page. If you want to change your default storage type to another, you can contact AvePoint support for assistance. The backup data in the previous default storage can still be used for data recovery until the retention expires.

If you use AvePoint-hosted default storage, Availability Paired Region is now available as an option to replicate your data. To use availability paired region, you can contact your Sales representative to update subscription.

If you choose to use AvePoint default storage, you can choose the storage type of your AvePoint default storage location from the following:

• Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

  If you choose to use Microsoft Azure Blob Storage as the default storage type, Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS will store your data in the data center you signed up for AvePoint Online Services. For available data centers, refer to Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.

  If you signed up to AvePoint Online Services with the data center Australia Southeast (Victoria), and you have purchased a subscription to use AvePoint Azure storage to store backup data, the following storage regions will be available for selection when you sign into the Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS interface for the first time:

  If you enable the Availability Paired Region, it will be implemented through the Azure Geo-redundant storage functionality. For more details, refer to this Microsoft article. The specific secondary region paired to your primary region is determined by Azure; you can find this mapping in the official Azure regions list.

  NOTE

  The Availability Paired Region is not available for data region.

  Data Center You Signed Up for AOS(Home Region)	Available Storage Region for Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS(Storage Region)
  Australia Southeast (Victoria)	Australia Southeast (Victoria)New Zealand North (Auckland)

• Amazon S3 Storage

  If you use the AvePoint-hosted Amazon S3 storage, refer to the following data center mappings between the data center you signed up to AOS with, the data center of the Amazon S3 storage, and the paired secondary region.

  If you enable the Availability Paired Region, it will be implemented through the Amazon Cross-Region Replication functionality. For more details, refer to this Amazon article.

  Data Center You Signed Up for AOS(Home Region)	Amazon S3 Storage Data Center<br(Storage Region)	Availability Paired Region
  East US (Virginia)	US East (N. Virginia)	US East (Ohio)
  North Europe (Ireland)	Europe (Ireland)	Europe (Stockholm)
  Southeast Asia (Singapore)	Asia Pacific (Singapore)	Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
  Australia Southeast (Victoria)	Asia Pacific (Sydney)	Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
  Japan West (Osaka)	Asia Pacific (Tokyo)	Asia Pacific (Osaka)
  UK South (London)	Europe (London)	Europe (Milan)
  Canada Central (Toronto)	Canada (Central)	Canada West (Calgary)
  Germany West Central (Frankfurt)	Europe (Frankfurt)	Europe (Milan)
  Korea Central (Seoul)	Asia Pacific (Seoul)	Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  France Central (Paris)	Europe (Paris)	Europe (Spain)
  Switzerland North (Zurich)	Europe (Zurich)	Europe (Spain)
  West Europe (Netherlands)	Not Supported	Not Supported
  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	Middle East (UAE)	Middle East (Bahrain)
  South Africa North (Johannesburg)	Africa (Cape Town)	Not Supported

• Google Cloud Storage

  If you use the AvePoint-hosted Google Cloud storage, refer to the following data center mappings between the data center you signed up to AOS with, the data center of the Google Cloud Storage, and the paired secondary region.

  If you enable the Availability Paired Region, it will be implemented through the Google Multi-region configuration. For more details, refer to this Google article.

  Data Center You Signed Up for AOS(Home Region)	Google Cloud Storage Data Center(Storage Region)	Availability Paired Region
  Australia Southeast (Victoria)	Sydney (australia-southeast1)	ASIA
  Canada central (Toronto)	Canada Toronto (northamerica-northeast2)	US
  Germany West Central (Frankfurt)	Germany Frankfurt (europe-west3)	EU
  West Europe (Netherlands)	Netherlands (europe.west4)	EU
  UK South (London)	United Kingdom London (europe-west2}	EU
  North Europe (lreland)	Finland (europe-north1)	EU
  Japan West (Osaka)	Japan Osaka (asia-northeast2)	ASIA
  East US (Virginia)	South Carolina Moncks Corner (us-east1)	US
  Southeast Asia (Singapore)	Singapore (asia-southeast1)	ASIA
  Switzerland North (Zurich)	Switzerland Zurich (europe-west6)	EU
  France Central (Paris)	France Paris (europe-west9)	EU
  Korea Central (Seoul)	South Korea Seoul (asia-northeast3)	ASIA
  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	Dammam, Saudi Arabia (ME-CENTRAL2)	ASIA
  Qatar Central (Doha)	Doha (me-central1)	ASIA
  South Africa North (Johannesburg)	Johannesburg (africa-south1)	Not Supported

If you are using your own storage, you can choose to use the following storage type: Amazon S3, Amazon S3-Compatible, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Storage Protect - S3, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, FTP, and SFTP. In addition, if you may have set up the storage firewall to only allow trusted clients to access your storage, read the instructions in the Allow AvePoint Agent Servers to Access Your Storage Account section carefully and complete the settings as needed.

If you have updated your subscription from using default storage to your own storage, you must navigate to this page, click Storage, and click the Change to my own storage link to configure the storage profiles connecting to your own storage. Otherwise, the backup will be interrupted.

If you updated the subscription by using your own storage to default AvePoint storage, the backup service will force a full backup for the subsequent backup job in the schedule and automatically store the backup data to the default AvePoint storage. The legacy backup data stored on your own storage can still be used for restoring until it expires the retention period.

You can click the storage profile name to view the details of the storage location and click Edit to update the profile information. The storage information, apart from its path information, can be modified.

Follow the instructions below to create a storage profile:

1. In the Backup storage tab, click the Create button. The Create a storage profile pane appears on the right.

   

2. Enter a profile name for the storage location that you want to connect to and provide an optional description.

3. In the Storage Type field, select a storage type from the list and then refer to the following sections for the storage configuration.