Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, has launched Acronis Archival Storage, a long-term, cost-efficient storage offering designed for managed service providers (MSPs) and their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. The solution enables secure, compliance-ready retention of large, infrequently accessed datasets while providing fast access when required.
Acronis Archival Storage is built for modern data-intensive and regulation-driven IT environments. It provides S3-compatible object storage fully integrated with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, delivering unified management and billing. The service gives MSPs the reliability, durability and predictable cost model they need to meet customers’ long-term retention and compliance requirements.
“Many organizations are required by law or industry standards to retain data for several years,” says Gaidar Magdanurov, CEO of Acronis. “With Acronis Archival Storage, MSPs can offer customers an archival solution designed to satisfy compliance demands, control costs and remain easy to use. Tight integration with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud makes archival storage a natural extension of the existing platform.”
Key features and benefits:
- • S3-compatible object storage with integrated management and billing through the Acronis platform.
- • Millisecond access times, 11 nines durability and 99.5% availability for dependable long-term retention.
- • Encryption and immutability (WORM) to ensure data integrity and regulatory compliance.
- • Predictable total cost model with no charges for data egress or API requests.
- • Designed to complement warm backup storage in regulated industries.
- • Simple deployment with preconfigured plans, S3 API support and built-in controls.
- • Global footprint across seven strategically located data centers to improve connectivity and compliance coverage.
As regulatory demands for long-term data retention increase, traditional archival approaches have become costly and cumbersome. Tape systems are slow and difficult to manage, while some public cloud offerings can generate unpredictable egress and API costs. Acronis Archival Storage addresses these challenges with a low-maintenance archive solution that offers stable pricing and quick access to records for audits, investigations and AI-driven analysis.
“The true value of data is realized when it can be stored, accessed and used securely,” says Melyssa Banda, Senior Vice President, Edge Enterprise Storage and Services at Seagate. “Our partnership with Acronis ensures archival data is protected and available for compliance, AI and future use cases, while providing financial predictability and peace of mind through Seagate Lyve Cloud.”
For MSPs, Acronis Archival Storage opens new opportunities to differentiate services and secure predictable margins via integrated billing and the absence of outbound data fees. When combined with the broader Acronis cybersecurity ecosystem, service providers can deliver scalable, comprehensive data management that now includes cold storage and long-term retention.
Acronis Archival Storage is available now through the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform.