Backup storage is often bought on capacity, deduplication and cost. But when recovery is urgent, the real test is whether the backup target can support fast, reliable recovery under pressure. This article explains why backup storage architecture, inline dedupe, rehydration, snapshots, scale-out growth and ransomware resilience matter.

Microsoft’s 2024 Digital Defense Report reveals a hidden truth: when production and backup share the same cloud, they share the same fate. Here’s why independence is the only path to true resilience.