Why Autodata Hybrid Cloud Storage?

Whilst “Cloud First” is a term being adopted across the industry, Autodata believes in “Do Cloud Right”.

The ideal situation is the ability to choose the right location for the right data at the right price, simply and conveniently. Having the ability to tier from on-premise storage to cloud storage and back, depending on the business need at any point in time is how Autodata’s Hybrid Cloud Storage can benefit your workflow.

Where hybrid truly means hybrid!

Autodata’s Hybrid Cloud Storage is an elastic silo for your workloads whereby your on-premise and cloud storages are an extension of each other.

A key example of data perfectly placed to move to the cloud is unstructured data. This might represent 70% of all data stored by an organisation and of this data 70-80% has not been accessed in the last 12 months.

Why Hybrid data storage?

Autodata’s Hybrid Cloud Storage seamlessly integrates into any environment.

  • Mitigates expensive storage consumption
  • Stored data is readily available without user intervention
  • Preserves structure of the data stored
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Analysis and Integration

Migrating data to the cloud can be complex, particularly when deciding what data to move and understanding long-term costs. Autodata Analytics analyses your existing storage to identify data age, usage, capacity and potential migration costs and savings, giving you a clear business case for Hybrid Cloud storage.

Our solution then integrates seamlessly with your existing environment, with no need to change user workflows. Frequently accessed data remains local, while suitable data is moved securely to cloud storage using file stubbing.

Users continue to see and access files in their usual location, while the original data is stored in the cloud and automatically retrieved when needed.

Storage Control

Autodata’s Hybrid Cloud Storage solution gives you control over when data is replicated to the cloud and when space is reclaimed from on-premise storage.

Files can be replicated immediately for additional data protection, or automatically moved based on your chosen policies. You can decide when to reclaim on-premise storage capacity, whether immediately, at a set time or when capacity reaches a defined level.


One Monthly Payment

Autodata Hybrid Cloud Storage is charged purely on the amount of storage in the cloud repository at £7.99 per TB per month. There is no charge for management, ingress, egress or API fees. As such, combined with Autodata Analytics, the costs are easy to predict with no surprises.

By fully integrating the cloud tier with on-premise storage, you are able to scale out data to the cloud that doesn’t require a high IOPS, low latency connection on-premise but still maintain access to use and store these files natively within the same environment you currently use, or implement new hardware and software to further reduce costs.

Moving to the cloud can look expensive, hence why it’s always advised to look at the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) including all the “Soft Costs” (power, cooling, management, warranties, etc) as well as “Hard Costs” (physical infrastructure and on-premise software and/or cloud storage and compute costs per month). With our right-sizing strategy, Hard Costs are typically reduced by over 50% and Soft Costs by 80%.

Get Cloud Right with Autodata Hybrid Cloud Storage. Not only does it provide an increase in performance, security, manageability, reliability and functionality, but a reduction in price across the board.

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Managed Service

"We needed a reliable cloud backup and storage service that didn’t take too much time to manage. Autodata's Managed Service solution is straightforward, secure, and sensibly priced. It’s helped us get on top of our data protection goals and tick off a few compliance boxes too. It’s also been easier to work with Autodata than some of the bigger names."

Gavin Bidgood Infrastructure and Security Manager, Hotel Chocolat

Cyber Security Maturity Assessment

"We were able to make our perimeter even more secure by addressing the areas of weakness exposed by Autodata. A previous assessment performed two months earlier by another supplier for our CE+ renewal had failed to highlight all the critical and high risks. I was also impressed that Autodata's report arrived swiftly seeing as I'd waited over two weeks for anything from the other supplier."

Simon Parsons Director of IT, CitySprint

Microsoft 365 Backup

"We needed S3 object storage offsite to bolster our backup environment, initially for M365 then for our server infrastructure as well. Autodata’s M365 Backup solution has allowed us to leverage immutable cloud repositories giving us reassurance that our data will be safe. It’s easy to setup, easy to manage, and backs up with no problems whatsoever."

Neil Fleetwood IT Helpdesk Support Manager, Kimal

Penetration Testing

"We engaged Autodata for our penetration testing based on their credentials and overall approach. The whole process was very smooth and I felt fully engaged throughout. Their project team was impressively self-sufficient, providing us with daily progress updates and issuing the final report within a matter of days. I was very satisfied with the service and would definitely recommend them."

Dan Young IT Service & Support Director, Killik & Co

Managed Service

"We were already an existing Veeam user, however we were overprovisioned and looking to increase our protection against ransomware by introducing immutability. Autodata took our requirements and provided an easier to manage, more affordable service backed by prompt support. The service has improved our level of confidence in our backups whilst reducing costs."

Luke Cox IT Support Engineer, HQW Aerospace

Cyber Essentials Plus

"We engaged Autodata to support the renewal of our CE+ certification. They were able to kick-off the project at short notice and scheduled penetration testing in alignment with our internal IT resource availability. Their team are professional, knowledgeable, and supportive. I would not hesitate in recommending them to any organisation looking to overcome its cyber security challenges."

Sean Forrest IT Manager EMEA, Tetra Tech

Managed Service

"Autodata's Managed Service solution is really easy to use and is cost effective against other types of backup and cloud storage available yet offers advanced functionality. It has given us extra layers of security and helps us to assure stakeholders that we have the right technology in place for data protection and restoration. The solution just works!"

Ian Robertson Director of ICT, The Regenda Group

Microsoft 365 Backup

"When it came to implementing an offsite immutable storage repository to protect our entire M365 environment and provide ransomware protection, Autodata's unique offering represented a significant cost saving. They were able to offer us a fully managed Veeam M365 Backup solution with immutable storage for only a marginal increase in what we had been paying for Veeam licences alone."

Stephen Clark Solutions Architect, Greencore

Cyber Awareness as a Service

"Autodata offers an effective managed cyber awareness testing and training programme. I was very pleased with how straightforward it was to set up and that everything runs on my behalf with minimal interaction. We continue to benefit from such a well thought-out programme, helping to keep cyber security at the forefront of our employee’s minds all year round."

Chris Russell CTO, Abacus Financial Services

Immutable Cloud Storage

"We wanted a cloud storage service that worked well with Veeam and provided immutability to enable us to lockdown our data and recover backups in the event of a ransomware attack. Autodata's Immutable Cloud Storage solution powered by Wasabi provides cloud storage at an affordable price with added cyber security protection - which is precisely what we were looking for."

Alan Pereira CIO, Gibraltar Financial Services Commission

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