Protect your business-critical data with on-premises backup storage for Veeam
with Absolute Immutability.
66% of businesses suffered at least one ransomware attack in the last two years1, and 96% of those attacks targeted backups2 to force ransom payments.
Since ransomware is now a "when,” not an “if" scenario, companies need a secure on-premises backup storage solution with Absolute Immutability to ensure their last line of defense remains untouchable and ready for instant recovery.
On-premises backup storage is a dedicated physical target within your local perimeter, engineered as a hardened vault for mission-critical recovery points.
While various local architectures are still widely available today, S3-native object storage is the best choice for enforcing immutability, ensuring that backup data is impossible to modify or delete the moment it is written.
This architectural approach effectively creates an autonomous resilience zone that decouples your recovery assets from the production network, maintaining total data sovereignty and a path to restoration in the face of internal and external threats.
On-premises storage for backups functions as a hardened, Secure-by-Default appliance that replaces vulnerable legacy file shares with a dedicated, object-based resilience zone.
Backup servers transfer data locally via the S3 protocol over HTTPS to ensure secure, standards-based communication.
Every data block is secured upon ingestion to ensure it is immutable, the moment it is written, guaranteeing data integrity.
The architecture physically segments storage from the backup software to block lateral ransomware movement.
A hardened kernel enforces "Zero Access," preventing any user or attacker from performing destructive actions against the system.
Performance and capacity scale linearly through automatic load-balancing as new nodes are added to the cluster.
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS): Traditional file and block systems are simple to implement but represent a significant security risk due to their lack of native data immutability and lack of physical separation from the backup server.
Deduplication Appliances: While effective for long-term retention, these proprietary systems often suffer from slow data rehydration speeds that can severely degrade the performance of instant recovery operations.
Hardened Linux Repositories: This approach provides strong security and immutability but requires significant domain expertise in Linux and security to correctly configure and maintain over time.
Object Storage Appliances: These modern S3-native solutions leverage data immutability and a Zero Trust architecture to create a physically segmented resilience zone that is untouchable by even privileged administrators.
with Object First’s on-premises backup storage
Enables near-instant data restoration by bypassing internet bandwidth limits to meet the most demanding recovery time objectives.
Provides physical control over hardware and recovery points behind your firewall to ensure sensitive information stays local.
Ensures backup systems function during internet outages or provider downtime, enabling independent recovery.
Simplifies adherence to strict data localization and privacy mandates by maintaining a verifiable, hands-on chain of custody.
Eliminates hidden storage fees and unpredictable monthly egress fees associated with public cloud subscription models.
Supports custom hardware and security protocols tailored specifically to your organization’s unique operational needs.
Can your current data backup storage solution withstand modern threats? Don’t wait to find out until it’s too late, and make sure ransomware, slow recovery times, or complex compliance requirements are crossed off your list of worries with on-premises backup storage.
While multiple architectures exist for local data protection, S3-native object storage stands as the superior choice for enforcing a "write once, read many" (WORM) policy directly at the storage kernel. This architectural advantage ensures that even if an attacker gains administrative privileges, your recovery points remain locked and ransomware-proof, guaranteeing a clean restoration.
Organizations in highly regulated sectors use local backup repositories to meet strict data residency and sovereignty requirements. Keeping data physically on-premises ensures total control over the chain of custody while facilitating conformity with mandates for long-term retention and audit-ready access.
Local storage targets drastically reduce recovery time objectives by providing the high-speed ingest and rehydration needed for supercharged instant recovery. This allows failed mission-critical workloads to run directly from the backup appliance while the primary restoration process completes in the background.
Understanding the core features of on-premises backup storage is essential for building a resilient infrastructure that survives a breach without data loss.
An on-prem immutable backup enforces a strict policy that prevents destructive actions against your data by anyone, including the most privileged administrators or attackers with stolen credentials.
You can automatically increase capacity and performance by simply adding more nodes to the cluster, enabling the system to load-balance your data without manual repository reconfiguration.
Select the acquisition path that fits your budget, whether it is a traditional CapEx purchase for long-term ownership or a pay-per-use consumption model for predictable monthly billing.
High-performance architecture enables Supercharged Instant Recovery of multi-terabyte workloads, allowing you to restore operations in minutes rather than days.
A Secure-by-Default appliance architecture provides native protection for sensitive data, ensuring full compliance with regulatory mandates like GDPR and helping you fulfill every requirement on your NIS2 checklist.
On-prem backup storage reduces administrative overhead by automating security updates and removing the complexity of manually configuring and patching complex storage repositories.
While the public cloud offers vast off-site capacity, a high-performance on-prem backup appliance serves as the critical foundation for rapid, local recovery.
See the key differences in the table below.
Backup Storage | |
|---|---|
On-Premises | Cloud |
Scalability: Adds new nodes to the local cluster for linear growth in both performance and capacity | Scalability: Provides nearly infinite storage expansion through a virtual, on-demand subscription model |
Control: Grants full physical ownership of hardware, data residency, and the entire security stack | Control: Relies on the service provider's infrastructure management and their specific policy frameworks |
Maintenance & Access: Managed locally by internal IT teams to ensure immediate access without internet dependencies | Maintenance & Access: Offloads hardware upkeep to the cloud storage provider but requires constant internet connectivity for access |
Security: Protects data behind the local firewall with native immutability and air-gapped options | Security: Utilizes provider-managed encryption and security protocols that exist outside your perimeter |
Performance: Delivers ultra-low latency and maximum throughput via a local high-speed network bus | Performance: Subject to internet bandwidth bottlenecks and provider-side throttling during large restores |
Cost: Offers one-time CapEx or flexible subscription models with predictable, fixed ownership costs. | Cost: Operates on an OpEx model with recurring fees and unpredictable data egress retrieval taxes |
Ransomware-proof with Absolute Immutability, Object First’s on-premises backup storage for Veeam takes the risk out of data recovery, so you're always Simply Resilient.
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It creates a non-rewriteable data state that prevents recovery points from being deleted or modified; while various methods exist, utilizing S3 Object Lock is the most effective way to enforce a "Zero Access" policy against both attackers and compromised administrators.
Modern on-premises solutions, such as Object First’s backup storage appliance, make immutability accessible to everyone, scaling from 8 TB for branch offices to 7 PB for large-scale enterprise environments.
For Object First on-premises backup storage, deployment is streamlined into a "box-to-backup" process that takes under 15 minutes to configure as a hardened, S3-compatible repository within your infrastructure.
The architecture supports linear scalability, allowing you to increase capacity and performance automatically by plugging in additional nodes without requiring complex manual reconfigurations.