Cold Storage
Preserve your critical data for years or decades with enterprise technology
Professional long-term archiving solution based on IBM magnetic tape technology. Designed for data requiring extended retention with infrequent access. Ideal for regulatory compliance, historical archives, and digital preservation.
Numbers That Support Our Solution
What is Cold Storage?
Cold storage (Cold Archive) is a specialized solution for preserving large volumes of data that don't require frequent access but must be preserved for extended periods. Unlike 'hot' storage (immediate access) or 'warm' storage (occasional access), cold storage is optimized for:
Long-term retention
Years or even decades
Infrequent access
1-2 times per year maximum
Large volumes
From terabytes to petabytes
Regulatory compliance
Regulations requiring extended retention
Predictable economics
Significantly lower costs
Typical Cold Data
Flexible Restoration Timeframes
We understand different scenarios require different recovery speeds. Our system offers variable times based on data volume:
Up to 100 MB
10-30 minutes
Individual documents, specific records
100 MB - 10 GB
1-4 hours
Complete files, archived projects
10 GB - 1 TB
4-12 hours
Medium collections, departmental backups
1 TB - 100 TB
12-24 hours
Corporate archives, multimedia projects
100 TB+
24-48 hours
Mass migrations, complete recovery
These are average times. Urgent recoveries can be prioritized upon request. The first request activates the tape mounting process; subsequent requests for the same data set are significantly faster.
Why Choose EnNube.com Cold Archive?
Guaranteed Optimized Cost
Transparent and competitive pricing model. Pay only for actual storage consumed, with no hidden management, maintenance, or energy costs. Our rates are up to 85% more economical than maintaining data in fast-access storage.
- • No initial infrastructure investment
- • Predictable operating costs
- • Scaling without penalties
- • Detailed monthly billing
Security and Compliance
Full compliance with the most demanding international standards. Our data centers are ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, and 27701 certified. Approved for healthcare data storage and regulated sectors.
- • ISO/IEC 27001: Information security management
- • ISO/IEC 27017: Cloud computing security
- • ISO/IEC 27018: Personal data protection in cloud
- • ISO/IEC 27701: Privacy management system
- • Data sovereignty: European infrastructure
99.99% Data Resilience
Architecture designed for long-term preservation. With geo-distribution across 4 datacenters and 8+4 erasure coding, your data remains protected even against multiple simultaneous failures. 99.90% monthly availability SLA.
- • Resistance to complete datacenter loss
- • Multiple geo-distributed copies
- • Automatic algorithmic reconstruction
- • Immunity to regional disasters
S3-Compatible API
Easy integration with your existing systems via S3-compatible API, the de facto standard for cloud storage. Recovery via standard protocols: SCP, rsync, HTTPS. No vendor lock-in.
- • Migration from AWS Glacier without code rewriting
- • Compatible with standard backup tools
- • Recovery with native Unix/Linux utilities
- • Simplified scripting and automation
Industries That Trust Cold Archive
Hospitals and Medical Centers
Electronic health records (EHR) must be preserved for decades per healthcare regulations. DICOM images from radiology, CT, and MRI accumulate terabytes rapidly. Cold Archive enables compliance with retention regulations (10-30 years) without prohibitive costs.
- ✓ HIPAA, GDPR, local regulations compliance
- ✓ 80% cost reduction vs. primary storage
- ✓ Complete access audit trail
Hospital with 50 years of history digitizes 200 TB of records. Primary storage cost: [price on request]/month. With Cold Archive: [price on request]/month. Savings: 99%.
Production Companies and Broadcasters
Professional video libraries in 4K/8K generate petabytes of content. Raw production material, discarded footage, and finalized versions must be preserved for future re-edits, licensing, and historical archives.
- ✓ Indefinite preservation of digital masters
- ✓ Petabyte-scale capacity without CapEx investment
- ✓ Selective recovery of archived projects
- ✓ Protection against media obsolescence
TV network with 30 years of productions (500 TB). Migration from obsolete LTO tapes. Elimination of quinquennial media refreshing. ROI 18 months.
Banks, Insurers, and Law Firms
Financial regulations (SOX, MiFID II, Basel III) require retention of transactions, communications, and documents for minimum 7-10 years. Legal documentation from concluded litigation must be preserved indefinitely for possible appeals.
- ✓ Certified immutability
- ✓ Auditable chain of custody
- ✓ Recovery with verifiable timestamp
- ✓ End-to-end encryption
Insurer retains 15 years of policies (80 TB annual = 1.2 PB total). Compliance with regulatory audits without need for on-premise systems.
Universities and Research Centers
Genomic research datasets, climate simulations, astronomy, and particle physics generate massive volumes. Scientific publications require availability of original data for decades for reproducibility.
- ✓ Dataset preservation for reproducibility
- ✓ Open data policy compliance
- ✓ Sharing with scientific community
- ✓ Costs compatible with academic budgets
Genomic research consortium archives 2 PB of sequences. Infrequent but perpetual access. Monthly cost lower than one technician's salary.
National Archives and Public Entities
Digitized documentary heritage, census records, historical judicial files constitute collective memory. Must be permanently preserved with future access guarantees.
- ✓ Data sovereignty (European infrastructure)
- ✓ Interoperability with archival standards
- ✓ Controlled public accessibility
- ✓ Digital heritage preservation
National archive digitizes 300 years of documents (150 TB). Migration from degradable microfilm. Citizen access via web portal with on-demand restoration.
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of data is suitable for Cold Archive?
Cold Archive is ideal for data meeting these criteria: infrequent access (less than 2 times per year), extended retention (more than 1 year, ideally 5+ years), significant volume (from 1 TB onwards), critical importance (legal, historical, or compliance value). Examples: compliance backups, historical archives, scientific research, multimedia libraries. Not recommended for: frequently accessed data, daily operational backups, active databases, production web content.
How does data recovery work?
5-step restoration process: 1) Request via web panel, API, or technical support, 2) Activation: system locates physical tapes and schedules mounting in robotic library, 3) Reading: IBM readers read data and perform integrity verification, 4) Transfer: data copied to temporary Object Storage (S3 fast access), 5) Notification: receive alert when data available for download. Total time: 10 minutes to 48 hours depending on volume. Data remains in temporary Object Storage for 7 days for additional access without surcharge.
What additional costs exist beyond storage?
Transparent pricing model. Included at no additional cost: data ingestion (initial upload), geo-redundant storage, automatic integrity verification, infrastructure and tape management, standard technical support. Additional costs only: Data recovery [price on request] (only when restoring data), Outbound transfer [price on request] for internet download, Temporary Object Storage [price on request]/month if maintaining recovered data >7 days. Real example: Archive 100 TB, monthly storage cost [price on request] Recover 500 GB once per year: [price on request] additional. Annual total cost: [price on request] vs [price on request] equivalent SSD storage.
Is my data encrypted?
Multiple encryption layers. In transit: TLS 1.3 for internet transfers, dedicated VPN for high-volume transfers, X.509 certificate validation. At rest: AES-256 encryption of all archived data, key management via HSM (Hardware Security Module) system, client-side encryption option (you control keys). Access: Optional multi-factor authentication, granular access controls (IAM-like), audit logs of all access. Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS compatible.
What durability guarantees do you offer?
99.99% resilience commitment. Architecture: 8+4 erasure coding (tolerates loss of 4 simultaneous fragments), 4 geo-distributed datacenters (>100 km separation), multiple copies of critical catalog data, Tier 3+ physical infrastructure. Additional protections: Automatic periodic tape verification, automatic migration upon detected degradation, critical tape duplication, disaster recovery plan with RTO <48h, RPO <24h. History: IBM tape technology with >60 years evolution, implementations with 0 data losses in global enterprise installations. Contractual guarantee: 99.90% availability SLA, automatic compensation if breach.
Can I migrate from AWS Glacier / Azure Archive?
Yes, simplified process. From AWS Glacier/Deep Archive: 1) Initiate standard restoration in AWS (to S3), 2) Use AWS CLI or SDK to list objects, 3) Use our migration tool (S3 API compatible), 4) Direct region-to-region transfer (without downloading to your office), 5) Automatic checksum validation. From Azure Archive Tier: 1) Rehydrate blobs to cold/hot tier, 2) Export via AzCopy or Azure Storage Explorer, 3) Import to Cold Archive via S3-compatible API, 4) Complete integrity verification. Migration advantages: 19% lower cost than AWS Glacier Deep, European data sovereignty (no USA Cloud Act), support in your language and timezone, no hidden API costs. Assistance: Our team offers assisted migration at no charge for volumes >50TB.
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