Microsoft Premium Storage Snapshots (GB) - Locally Redundant
Microsoft Premium Storage Snapshots provide locally redundant, high-performance data backups, ensuring rapid recovery and business continuity for your critical applications.
- Data Protection: Coverage for point-in-time snapshots of your storage volumes, safeguarding against accidental deletion or corruption.
- Performance: Access to premium storage performance for snapshot operations, minimizing impact on live workloads.
- Redundancy: Locally redundant storage ensures data availability within the same data center, reducing latency and risk.
- Compliance: Supports regulatory and internal data retention policies through reliable snapshot management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides Microsoft's locally redundant premium storage snapshots, measured in gigabytes (GB), for the US West region. It enables the creation and management of point-in-time copies of your data, crucial for disaster recovery, data protection, and compliance.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize these snapshots to protect their business-critical applications and data. They integrate seamlessly into existing cloud infrastructure, providing a cost-effective and reliable method for data backup and recovery without the overhead of managing physical backup hardware.
- Point-in-Time Recovery: Capture snapshots at specific moments to restore data to a previous state.
- Local Redundancy: Data is replicated within the same data center for high availability and low-latency access.
- Premium Performance: Benefit from high-throughput storage for snapshot creation and restoration.
- Cost-Effective Protection: Offers a scalable and economical solution for data backup needs.
- Simplified Management: Integrates with cloud management tools for easy snapshot lifecycle control.
Protect your business data with reliable, high-performance snapshots designed for SMB and mid-market operational needs.
What This Enables
Protecting Against Accidental Data Deletion
Enable teams to recover quickly from unintentional data removal or modification. This ensures that critical business information remains accessible even after human error.
cloud-hosted applications, virtualized environments, data-intensive workloads
Disaster Recovery Preparedness
Streamline the process of creating and managing recovery points for disaster scenarios. This capability allows for faster restoration of services and data in the event of a major outage.
business continuity planning, mission-critical systems, geographically distributed data
Meeting Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Automate the capture and retention of data snapshots to meet industry-specific compliance mandates. This ensures auditable data history and adherence to data governance policies.
regulated industries, data retention policies, audit trails
Key Features
Locally Redundant Storage
Ensures high availability and low-latency access to snapshot data within the same data center, reducing risk of data loss.
Premium Storage Performance
Offers high throughput for snapshot operations, minimizing impact on live production workloads during creation or restoration.
Point-in-Time Snapshots
Allows for the capture of data at specific moments, enabling precise recovery to a known good state.
Subscription Billing (GB)
Provides a flexible, pay-as-you-go model for storage snapshots, aligning costs with actual usage.
US West Region Deployment
Optimizes performance and compliance for organizations with data residency requirements in the western United States.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data protection and rapid recovery capabilities to meet strict regulatory compliance like SOX and ensure uninterrupted service for clients.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain patient data integrity and availability, adhering to HIPAA regulations, which necessitates reliable backup and recovery solutions.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle sensitive client data and must comply with data retention policies and ensure business continuity to maintain client trust.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses rely on continuous operations for sales and customer service; data loss can lead to significant revenue impact and reputational damage, making quick recovery essential.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a locally redundant snapshot?
A locally redundant snapshot means that multiple copies of your snapshot data are stored within the same data center. This provides high availability and protects against hardware failures within that data center.
How does this protect my data?
Snapshots capture the state of your data at a specific point in time. If your data becomes corrupted, accidentally deleted, or compromised, you can restore it from a previous snapshot.
Is this a one-time purchase?
No, this is a subscription-based service billed monthly based on the amount of storage used for snapshots (GB). This allows for scalable and cost-effective data protection.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.