Glossary
Cold Storage
What is cold storage?
In cloud computing, cold storage environments are object storage areas designed for data that is accessed infrequently, such as information retained long-term for business or compliance purposes and archived files. Accessing your data from cold storage typically takes much longer than “hot storage” environments.
Data typically stored in cold storage
Common examples of cold data storage include data that doesn't need to be accessed frequently. That includes archived records, backup data, research data, and media archives.
What’s Wasabi’s approach to cold storage?
We recognize that every piece of data has the potential to reshape your business. That’s why at Wasabi, all data is treated equally and made readily accessible no matter how you classify it—hot, cool or cold. Wasabi hot cloud storage is the best of both worlds: significantly less expensive than traditional cold storage services and significantly faster than traditional frequent-access storage services.