Storage InformationEdit online Refer to the sections below for the storage configuration details of the supported storage types. Amazon S3IBM® Storage Protect for Cloud will by default use HTTPS (SSL) communication to access your Amazon S3 storage and store your backup data to the S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval automatically. Your existing backup data before the March 2025 release will remain in the S3 Standard storage class. You can move the backup data from S3 Standard/S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval to S3 Standard-IA®, S3 One Zone-IA®, or S3 Intelligent-Tiering, and IBM® Storage Protect for Cloud Microsoft™ 365 can restore the backup data of those storage classes. However, you should carefully consider the consequences before you activate the archive access tier if you are using S3 Intelligent-Tiering. Activating the archive access tier will cause data object files that have not been accessed for 90 days to be archived, and IBM® Storage Protect for Cloud Microsoft™ 365 cannot access the archived data in your Amazon S3 storage.Amazon S3-Compatible StorageYou can configure Amazon S3-compatible storage.Microsoft Azure Blob StorageFTPYou can configure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) storage.SFTPYou can configure Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) storage.DropboxYou can configure storage on the Dropbox file hosting service. IBM Storage Protect - S3You can configure IBM® Storage Protect - S3 storage.IBM Cloud Object StorageYou can configure IBM Cloud® Object Storage.Google Cloud StorageParent topic: Manage Your Storage