Archiver requirement of VB365 on Azure deployment

[cobran]

Hi Support,

We are planning to set up our VB365 backup infrastructure on an Azure tenant, utilizing Azure Blob storage for short-term retention of protected data created by backup jobs, and Azure Archive storage for long-term retention of protected data created by backup copy jobs.

Regarding the archiver appliance for Azure Archive storage, I believe that enabling this archiver to copy data from Azure Blob to Azure Archive storage will save egress charges if the VB365 proxy/proxy pool is set up on-premises or on any public cloud other than Azure.

Since the VB365 backup components will be set up on Azure, do I still need to enable this archiver to eliminate egress traffic?


Thanks,
John

[Polina]

Hi John,

If both repositories and a backup proxy are located within the same region, there shouldn't be any egress costs, hence an appliance is not needed.
If the data is expected to be transferred cross-region, an appliance is recommended.

Thanks!