Server backups protect against accidental deletion, ransomware, hardware failure, and configuration errors. Backing up servers is a perfect workload for the cloud.
When server downtime or data loss strikes your organization, the financial and reputational consequences can be severe. Traditionally, organizations would back up data and server functionality on in-house machines or on servers at colocation facilities.
But today, businesses are increasingly adopting cloud-based server backup solutions to ensure resilience, continuity, and compliance.
Advantages of Cloud Backup Solutions for Servers
Cloud computing has revolutionized IT operations and backing up servers is a workload that lends itself well to the cloud. There are a number of advantages to be gained by backing up your servers to the cloud rather than to an on-prem data center.
Data security: Because it's physically and logically separated from your IT infrastructure, a cloud backup can stay secure even if your servers have been the victim of a malware attack or damaged in some disaster. Server backups created by Rubrik, for example, are immutable and cannot be changed or deleted, even by administrators. This is key to thwarting ransomware attacks that will aim to encrypt as much of your vital data as they can get their hands on. To further enhance protection, Rubrik offers anomaly detection analytics, flagging anomalies in backup data and enabling rapid response.
There are ways in which moving infrastructure to the cloud can increase the size of an organization's attack surface. To plug any such holes, Rubrik also ensures end-to-end encryption using AES-256, both in transit and at rest. And its architecture supports Zero Trust security, with strong access controls and API-based automation.
Cost efficiency: Moving workloads to the cloud helps reduce total cost of ownership by eliminating hardware infrastructure and offering the capability to automatically move infrequently accessed data to less expensive cold storage
Rubrik can lower TCO by 30% and reduce admin time by up to 90% compared to legacy solutions. Its global deduplication engine ensures that businesses don’t pay to store redundant data.
Flexibility: Cloud backup for servers allows organizations to adopt the best infrastructure for their needs while maintaining a unified protection strategy. Rubrik's cloud backup functionality supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments out of the box and can automatically discover and protect cloud systems from multiple vendors under consistent policies.
Ease of use: By offloading key operations to the cloud, you significantly simplify your IT needs. Rubrik's UI streamlines the backup process to simplify things further. Admins define service-level objectives—how often to back up data and how long to retain it—and Rubrik handles the rest. Rubrik also offers API-first automation, making it easy to integrate with DevOps pipelines or service management platforms.
How Rubrik Supports Businesses with Cloud Backup Services for Servers
If you're looking to back your servers up to the cloud, Rubrik supports you in a number of different ways:
Ransomware protection: We've noted that immutable backups and ransomware monitoring tools help ensure that criminals can't touch your backups, even if your production servers have been compromised. Rubrik also offers a ransomware recovery warranty for up to $10 million in damages for qualified customers.
Hybrid and multi-cloud compatibility: Rubrik offers native integrations with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, along with full support for on-prem infrastructure like VMware and physical servers. It applies unified SLA policies across environments, removing the need to manage siloed systems.
Instant recovery: Rubrik allows instant recovery of VMs, files, databases, or entire applications, eliminating long restore windows. Predictive search makes it easy to find specific files or objects, and APIs enable rapid automation of recovery processes.
There are a number of use cases for which Rubrik can support cloud backup for servers:
Disaster recovery: Rubrik supports automated disaster recovery workflows, including test automation, site failover, and application-consistent recovery. Organizations can run DR drills without disrupting production.
Compliance and auditing: Rubrik helps businesses meet regulatory requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA by automatically classifying sensitive data, generating audit-ready reports, and locking down retention policies to prevent tampering.
Data archiving: Rubrik supports policy-driven archival to low-cost storage tiers like Amazon Glacier or Azure Archive.
The Rubrik difference
Rubrik delivers a comprehensive, cloud-native platform designed to simplify and secure server backup and recovery. Rubrik provides automation, immutability, and seamless scalability that can protect you from both accidental data loss and malicious attacks.
Whether your servers are in the cloud, on-prem, or spread across multiple environments, Rubrik delivers the resilience, simplicity, and intelligence your business needs. You can simplify routine tasks with Rubrik’s set-and-forget backup policies, take advantage of support for most major operating systems, databases, and SaaS applications, and centrally managed all your backups via a single pane of glass. Protecting data is no longer just about backup—it’s about cyber recovery, compliance, and operational agility.