What's New in Retrospect – Retrospect Backup 19 + Retrospect Virtual 2022 + Retrospect Cloud Storage

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Cloud

Cloud Connector

Retrospect connects to more than twenty cloud storage providers, located around the world, for affordable fast offsite storage.

No Lock-In

Migrate backups from one cloud to another with a simple transfer, all within Retrospect.

Zero-Knowledge Security

With AES-256 encryption in-transit and at-rest, only customers can access their backups, no matter where they store them.

Fast Upload

Retrospect can saturate any connection with multiple simultaneous backups or restores.

01Sign up for a cloud

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

02Add it to Retrospect

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

03Back up

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

04Sign up for a cloud

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

05Add it to Retrospect

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

06Back up

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

07Back up

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

08Sign up for a cloud

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

09Add it to Retrospect

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

10Back up

Select the best cloud storage provider for your infrastructure from the list below.

Every edition of Retrospect, from Solo to Multi Server, supports backing up to the following cloud services

Certified Services - Global Partners

Amazon S3

Worldwide

Microsoft Azure

Worldwide

Google Cloud Storage

Worldwide

Wasabi

Worldwide

Backblaze B2

Worldwide

DigitalOcean spaces

Worldwide

Dropbox

Worldwide

Certified Services - Regional Partners

DreamHost DreamObjects

United States

Aufiero Informatica

Argentina

PCExtreme Cloud Storage

Netherlands

Aqua Ray Cloud Storage

France

MCT Cloud Storage

France

Orange Cloud for Business

France

Cynny Space Cloud Storage

Italy

Dunkel Cloud Storage

Germany

1&1 IONOS S3 Object Storage

Germany

Numergy Stockage

France

ArubaCloud Object Storage

France, Italy

Swisscom

Switzerland

Certified Services - On-Premise Private Cloud

Synology NAS

United States

QNAP NAS

Argentina

Minio Private Cloud Storage

Netherlands

Zenko CloudServer

France

Basho Riak S2

France

SwiftStack

France

OpenIO

Italy

Cloudian Hyperstore

Germany

Global Partners

Regional Partners

On-Premise Private Cloud

Cloud Backup Tips

Certified Services - On-Premise Private Cloud

Amazon S3

Amazon offers AWS Free Tier with 5GB of storage available for a year at no charge.

Site: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up an Amazon S3 Account
Pricing: Find out more about Amazon S3 Pricing. Amazon also provides AWS Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
Certified Regions: US Standard (N. Virginia), Oregon, N. California, Canada, London, Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Mumbai. See AWS Global Infrastructure for more details.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery: Offline Media Import/Export
Certified Storage Classes: Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier, Reduced Redundancy, One-Region. See AWS S3 Storage Classes for more details.
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Amazon AWS S3

Microsoft Azure

Amazon offers AWS Free Tier with 5GB of storage available for a year at no charge.

Site: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up an Amazon S3 Account
Pricing: Find out more about Amazon S3 Pricing. Amazon also provides AWS Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery: Offline Media Import/Export
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Amazon AWS S3

Google Cloud Storage

Google offers a 60-day trial with a $300 credit to use on any service.

Site: https://cloud.google.com/storage/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up a Google Cloud Storage Account
Pricing: Find out more about Google Cloud Storage Pricing. Google also provides Google Cloud Platform Pricing Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery: Offline Media Import/Export
Certified Regions: Northern Virginia, South Carolina, Oregon, Iowa, São Paulo, Belgium, London, Frankfurt, Taiwan, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Montreal, Netherlands, Mumbai. See Google Cloud Platform Locations for more details.
Certified Storage Classes: : Standard, Durable Reduced Availability, Nearline, Coldline. See Google Cloud Storage Classes for more details.
Ransomware Protection:Immutable Backups on Google Cloud Storage

Dropbox Cloud Storage

Dropbox offers 2GB free with a 1TB Pro plan as well as Dropbox Business.

Site: https://dropbox.com
Setup Guide: How to Set Up a Dropbox Account
Pricing: Find out more about Dropbox Pricing.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery:Not available
Certified Regions: United States, Germany.

DigitalOcean Spaces

DigitalOcean offers a two-month free trial for Spaces.

Site: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/object-storage/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up DigitalOcean Spaces for Cloud Backup
Certified Regions: New York, Amsterdam, Singapore.

Backblaze B2

Backblaze offers Backblaze B2 Free Tier for 10 GB free, including free upload and 1 GB download per day.

Location:California, Arizona, Amsterdam
Setup Guide: How to Set Up Backblaze B2 for Cloud Backup
Pricing: Find out more about Backblaze Backblaze B2 Pricing Estimate the cost of Backblaze B2.
Site: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery:Backblaze B2 Fireball (beta)
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Backblaze B2.

Wasabi

Wasabi offers a 30-day free trial of 1 TB of storage

Location: Oregon, Northern Virginia, Amsterdam
Setup Guide:Find out more about Wasabi Pricing.Estimate the cost of Wasabi.
Site: https://wasabi.com/
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Wasabi

Regional Partners

DreamHost DreamObjects

We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.

Location: United States
Setup Guide: How to Set Up DreamHost for Cloud Backup
Site: https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/storage/
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery: Not available
Certified Storage Classes: Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier, Reduced Redundancy, One-Region. See AWS S3 Storage Classes for more details.
Special Deal: 20% off on up to 2TB storage. See DreamHost DreamObjects for Retrospect.

Aufiero Informatica

We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.

Location: United States
Setup Guide: How to Set Up Aufiero Informatica Cloud Storage for Cloud Backup
Site: https://www.aufieroinformatica.com/en/home/

Google Cloud Storage

Google offers a 60-day trial with a $300 credit to use on any service.

Site: https://cloud.google.com/storage/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up a Google Cloud Storage Account
Pricing: Find out more about Google Cloud Storage Pricing. Google also provides Google Cloud Platform Pricing Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery: Offline Media Import/Export
Certified Regions: Northern Virginia, South Carolina, Oregon, Iowa, São Paulo, Belgium, London, Frankfurt, Taiwan, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Montreal, Netherlands, Mumbai. See Google Cloud Platform Locations for more details.
Certified Storage Classes: : Standard, Durable Reduced Availability, Nearline, Coldline. See Google Cloud Storage Classes for more details.
Ransomware Protection:Immutable Backups on Google Cloud Storage

Dropbox Cloud Storage

Dropbox offers 2GB free with a 1TB Pro plan as well as Dropbox Business.

Site: https://dropbox.com
Setup Guide: How to Set Up a Dropbox Account
Pricing: Find out more about Dropbox Pricing.
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery:Not available
Certified Regions: United States, Germany.

DigitalOcean Spaces

DigitalOcean offers a two-month free trial for Spaces.

Site: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/object-storage/
Setup Guide: How to Set Up DigitalOcean Spaces for Cloud Backup
Certified Regions: New York, Amsterdam, Singapore.

Backblaze B2

Backblaze offers Backblaze B2 Free Tier for 10 GB free, including free upload and 1 GB download per day.

Location:California, Arizona, Amsterdam
Setup Guide: How to Set Up Backblaze B2 for Cloud Backup
Pricing: Find out more about Backblaze Backblaze B2 Pricing Estimate the cost of Backblaze B2.
Site: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/
Seeding and Large Scale Recovery:Backblaze B2 Fireball (beta)
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Backblaze B2.

Wasabi

Wasabi offers a 30-day free trial of 1 TB of storage

Location: Oregon, Northern Virginia, Amsterdam
Setup Guide:Find out more about Wasabi Pricing.Estimate the cost of Wasabi.
Site: https://wasabi.com/
Ransomware Protection: Immutable Backups on Wasabi

Cloud Backup Tips

Bandwidth Usage

Running multiple simultaneous backups will saturate any connection. Measure your upload and download bandwidth with this free tool: Speedtest.net.

Pricing

Cloud Backup - How to Estimate Cloud Storage Costs

Disable Backup Verification

Verification will download all of the data that you upload. See more details about why you should disable it for cloud backups in Cloud Backup - Best Practices for Data Protection with Cloud Storage.

Troubleshooting

Retrospect is designed to handle intermittent connection issues. See Troubleshooting Cloud Backups for information about troubleshooting your cloud backup.