Storage Repository
In Vinchin Backup & Recovery, storages are used for 3 objectives:
Backup: Adding a backup storage is essential before you can create any backup jobs.
Backup Copy: Backup copy storage is required when you want to copy your backups to a secondary storage or a remote location.
Backup Archive: Backup archive storage, usually a more cost-effective storage media which is needed when you want to archive your VM backup data for long-term retention purpose.
Once a storage's objective has been settled, it cannot be used for other purpose, e.g., a backup storage can only be used for backup, it cannot be used for backup copy or backup archive.
The supported storage types/protocols and storage objectives are as showing below.
| Storage Types/Objectives | Backup | Copy | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk Partition | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Local Disk | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Local Directory | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Logical Volume | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fibre Channel (FC) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iSCSI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NFS Share | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CIFS Share | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Offsite Storage | No | Yes | No |
| Cloud Object Storage | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The storages are added and managed from Resources > Storage page of Vinchin Backup & Recovery web console.