Multiple Providers
Retrospect supports 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 supports up to 350 Mbps for a single backup or restore and can saturate a 1 Gbps connection with multiple simultaneous backups.
Perpetual License
Each copy of Retrospect is a lifetime license for data protection, with no monthly subscription fees and affordable upgrade pricing.
Setup Guide -
How to Set Up a Cloud Backup
Every edition of Retrospect, from Solo to Multi Server, supports backing up to the following cloud services.
Certified Services - Global Partners
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Amazon S3
Worldwide
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Google Cloud Storage
Worldwide
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Dropbox
Worldwide
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DigitalOcean Spaces
Worldwide
Certified Services - Regional Partners
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Backblaze B2
United States
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Wasabi
United States
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DreamHost DreamObjects
United States
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Aufiero Informatica
Argentina
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PCExtreme Cloud Storage
Netherlands
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Aqua Ray Cloud Storage
France
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MCT Cloud Storage
France
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Orange Cloud for Business
France
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Dunkel Cloud Storage
Germany
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IONOS Object Storage
Germany
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Numergy Stockage
France
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ArubaCloud Object Storage
France, Italy
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Swisscom
Switzerland
Certified Services - On-Premise Private Cloud
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Synology NAS
On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
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QNAP NAS
On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
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Minio Private Cloud Storage
On-Premise – Open Source
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Zenko CloudServer
On-Premise – Open Source
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Basho Riak S2
On-Premise – Open Source
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SwiftStack
On-Premise – Enterprise
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OpenIO
On-Premise – Enterprise
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Cloudian Hyperstore
On-Premise – Enterprise
Global Partners

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.
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – AWS Import/Export Disk (up to 16TB), AWS Snowball (up to 80TB), AWS Snowball Edge (up to 100TB)
- 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.
- Certified Storage Classes – Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier, Reduced Redundancy, One-Region. See AWS S3 Storage Classes for more details.

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.

Dropbox
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.
Regional Partners

Backblaze B2
Backblaze offers Backblaze B2 Free Tier for 10 GB free, including free upload and 1 GB download per day.
- Location - United States
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Backblaze B2 for Cloud Backup
- Pricing – Find out more about Backblaze B2 Pricing. Estimate the cost of Backblaze B2.
- Site - https://www.backblaze.com/b2/
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Backblaze B2 Fireball (beta)

Wasabi
Wasabi offers a 30-day free trial of 1 TB of storage
- Location - United States
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Wasabi for Cloud Backup
- Pricing – Find out more about Wasabi Pricing. Estimate the cost of Wasabi.
- Site - https://www.wasabi.com

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.
- Special Deal – 20% off on up to 2TB storage. See DreamHost DreamObjects for Retrospect.

Aufiero Informatica
Contact Aufiero Informatica for their current offers.
- Location - Argentina
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Aufiero Informatica Cloud Storage for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.aufieroinformatica.com/

Dunkel Cloud Storage
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - Germany
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Dunkel Cloud Storage for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.dunkel.de/s3/
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Supported. Contact Dunkel for details.
- Special Deal – 40% off 12-month prepaid 1TB and 5TB plus €80 for Seeding. See Dunkel Cloud Storage for Retrospect.

IONOS Object Storage
Contact IONOS for their current offers.
- Location - Germany
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up IONOS for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.ionos.com/pro/object-storage/

PCExtreme Cloud Storage
Contact PCExtreme for their current offers.
- Location - Netherlands
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up PCExtreme for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.pcextreme.com/

Aqua Ray Cloud Storage
Contact Aqua Ray for their current offers.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Aqua Ray for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.aquaray.com/le-lab/

MCT Cloud Storage
Contact MCT for their current offers.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up MCT for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://mct.eu/

Orange Cloud for Business
Contact Orange Cloud for Business for their current offers.

Cynny Space Cloud Storage
Contact Cynny Space for their current offers.
- Location - Italy
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Cynny Space for Cloud Backup
- Site - http://www.cynnyspace.com/

Numergy Stockage
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Numergy for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.numergy.com/offres-cloud-stockage-donnees-a-l-usage
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Supported. Contact Numergy for details.
- Special Deal – 12% off on storage. Contact numergy@retrospect.com for details.

ArubaCloud Object Storage
Contact ArubaCloud for their current offers.
- Location - France, Italy
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up ArubaCloud for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.arubacloud.com/object-storage/object-storage-by-aruba.aspx
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.

Swisscom
Contact Swisscom for their current offers.
- Location - Switzerland
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Swisscom for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.swisscom.ch/en/business/enterprise/offer/cloud-data-center-services/iaas/dcs.html
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.
On-Premise Private Cloud

Synology NAS
Synology NAS devices are certified for Minio and Zenko instances via Docker.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Synology for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.synology.com/

QNAP NAS
QNAP NAS devices are certified for Minio and Zenko instances via Docker.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up QNAP for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.qnap.com/

Minio Private Cloud Storage
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Minio for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://minio.io/

Zenko CloudServer
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Zenko Cloud Server for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.zenko.io/

Basho Riak S2
Please note that Riak S2 is no longer maintained by Basho. We recommend Minio or Zenko for open-source private cloud deployments.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – Cloud Backup - How to Set Up Private Cloud Storage with Basho Riak S2
- Site - http://basho.com/products/riak-s2/

SwiftStack
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up SwiftStack for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.swiftstack.com/

OpenIO
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up OpenIO for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.openio.io/

Cloudian Hyperstore
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Cloudian for Cloud Backup
- Site - http://www.cloudian.com/
Cloud Backup Tips
- Bandwidth Usage – A single Retrospect backup is capable of saturating a 350 Mbps connection, and running multiple simultaneous backups will saturate a 1 Gbps 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.