--- title: "Immutable, Air-Gapped Protection for Cloud Workloads Across AWS and Google Cloud | Clumio by Commvault" type: "WebPage" language: "en" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads" date: "2025-08-16T08:12:14-04:00" modified: "2026-08-28T11:28:24-04:00" description: "Immutable, air-gapped protection for object storage, databases, and data lakes with a unified, SaaS-based backup and recovery platform—designed for scale, ransomware resilience, and rapid recovery." image: "https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/clumio-thumbnail-1200x630-1.jpeg" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Clumio" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio" - name: "Workloads" --- # Clumio Workloads ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/clumio-b2b-workloads-hero.jpg) Clumio by Commvault ## Cloud Workload Protection for AWS & Google Cloud Protect critical cloud data across AWS and Google Cloud—spanning object storage, databases, and data lakes—with fast, immutable backup and recovery. [Try on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hdul2n6jr5dou?sr=0-1&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa) --- ## Backup is Easy. Recovery is What Matters. --- ## Protect your data. Including object storage, databases, data lakes, and compute workloads across AWS and Google Cloud in one platform --- ## Validated recovery plans that work reliably in production. Most failures happen during recovery—not backup --- ## No infrastructure. No agents. No complexity. Fully managed SaaS protection for Cloud Workloads --- ## Cyber resilient businesses protect their cloud data with Clumio Organizations rely on Clumio to help them protect and recover petabyte-scale data across AWS and Google Cloud. - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Atlassian-color-logo.png) - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AuditFile-color-logo.png) - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CAVA-color-logo.png) - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cox-Automotive-1.png) - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Shields-Health-color-logo.png) - ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/xyzt.ai_logo.png) --- > “We are saving at least one full-time employee by using Clumio.” > > Steven Bong > > CEO, AuditFile > “Clumio does not consume any resources, and it does not affect our infrastructure. Yet it grows as much as we need it to. As much as our data grows, Clumio will serve that purpose. ” > > Dimitar Aleksiev > > Director of IT, CAVA Group > “When dealing with auditors, Clumio makes it easy to gather all the needed artifacts and information almost instantly, in a format that the auditors like. The time I need for this task has reduced from several hours to about 15 minutes. ” > > Steve Bogar > > DevOps Engineer, Shields Health Solutions > “Using AWS Storage Lens, we confirmed that backups through Clumio were 66.7% cheaper than what we were paying previously. That validation came quickly, and it accelerated our internal approval to move forward. ” > > Lida Joly > > CEO, xyzt.ai --- ## Why Protecting Cloud Workloads Requires a Different Approach As organizations rely on multiple cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud for business-critical workloads, data protection challenges extend beyond basic snapshots. ## Key Factors - Native tools provide snapshots but limited isolation and immutability - Ransomware and credential-based attacks target cloud control planes - Recovery workflows often require manual coordination and infrastructure ## Resulting Operational Impact - Greater exposure to ransomware and data loss - Slower recovery during incidents - Increased operational effort managing backup tools and policies --- ## How Clumio Protects Cloud Workloads --- ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/How-Clumio-Protects-Cloud-Workloads-e1781162122859.png) --- ## Ransomware Resilience Maintains immutable, air-gapped backups stored outside the production account. Helps limit the impact of ransomware and destructive events. --- ## Fast, Granular Recovery Supports recovery of buckets, tables, volumes, files, and instances. Enables point-in-time restoration to reduce operational disruption. --- ## Operational Simplicity Provides backup-as-a-service with no hardware, agents, or patching. Simplifies onboarding and day-to-day backup management. --- ## Cost Control Uses a predictable consumption-based model aligned to protected data. Helps reduce waste from overprovisioned capacity and redundant snapshots. --- ## Compliance and Visibility Centralizes visibility, reporting, and retention policies. Supports long-term retention and audit readiness across workloads. --- ## Workload Protection Outcomes Organizations Using Clumio for Workload Protection May Achieve: ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Finance-Down_Crocus_RGB.svg) --- Up to 90% lower long-term retention cost \* vs. native approaches Source: [Clumio RDS solution brief](https://www.commvault.com/resources/solution-brief/backup-and-recovery-as-a-service-for-amazon-aurora-and-rds-with-clumio) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cog-Refresh_Crocus_RGB-6.svg) --- Restore up to 100 million S3 objects in 3 hours with parallel, scalable recovery Source: [S3 Fact Sheet](https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads/amazon-s3/fact-sheet) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/User-Alert_Crocus_RGB_e92bdf-1.svg) --- Eliminate scripts, agents, and self-managed backup infrastructure across cloud workloads in a single SaaS platform ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cloud-Backup-2_Crocus_RGB-1.svg) --- Centralize backup visibility, retention policy, and audit reporting across accounts regions --- ## Supported Cloud Workloads ## [Amazon S3 Backup and Recovery](#tabpanel-773a4ab2-7e1a-40ef-9e6d-8cf62cbe8c97) Amazon S3 ## Protect large-scale S3 data across buckets, accounts, and regions with automated, immutable backups. - Immutable, air-gapped backup storage - Object-level and bucket-level recovery - No infrastructure to deploy or manage [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-s3) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/S3-updated-date-2026_Hero-screenshot.png) ## [Apache Iceberg Data Lakehouse Protection](#tabpanel-773a4ab2-7e1a-40ef-9e6d-8cf62cbe8c97) Apache Iceberg ## Safeguard modern data lakes built on Iceberg with consistent, schema-aware backups. - Protection for metadata and underlying files - Version-aware recovery for analytics pipelines - Support for large-scale data lake environments [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/apache-iceberg) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Apache-Iceberg-Hero-Original-3x.jpeg) ## [Amazon DynamoDB Backup and Restore](#tabpanel-773a4ab2-7e1a-40ef-9e6d-8cf62cbe8c97) Amazon DynamoDB ## Protect DynamoDB tables with continuous, point-in-time recovery without scripts. - Fast, selective table restores - Immutable copies stored independently of AWS accounts - Simplified compliance and reporting [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-dynamodb) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/40-DDb-Restore-Task.jpeg) ## [Amazon RDS / Aurora Backup](#tabpanel-d364aa5f-8ead-4bc5-91e1-ac12601645e6) Amazon RDS / Aurora ## Protect relational databases with agentless, policy-driven backups. - Instance-level or database-level recovery - Encrypted, immutable backups - Automatic scaling without backup infrastructure [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-rds) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/23-UI-RDS-instance-overview-2.jpeg) ## [Amazon EC2 / EBS Backup](#tabpanel-d364aa5f-8ead-4bc5-91e1-ac12601645e6) Amazon EC2 / EBS ## Protect EC2 instances and EBS volumes beyond snapshots with SaaS-based recovery. - Automated scheduling and lifecycle management - Instance, volume, or file-level recovery - Immutable and isolated protection [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-ec2-ebs) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/36-EC2-low-rpo.jpeg) ## [Amazon DocumentDB](#tabpanel-d364aa5f-8ead-4bc5-91e1-ac12601645e6) Amazon DocumentDB ## Protect MongoDB-compatible databases with cloud-native backup and recovery. - Point-in-time database recovery - Centralized SaaS-based management - Unified AWS workload protection [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-documentdb) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DocumentDB-hero.png) ## [Amazon Neptune](#tabpanel-d364aa5f-8ead-4bc5-91e1-ac12601645e6) Amazon Neptune ## Protect graph databases with immutable backups and cluster-consistent recovery. - Immutable Neptune backups - Isolated backup storage workflows - Point-in-time graph database recovery [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/amazon-neptune) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Asset-protection-summary-1524.png) ## [Google Cloud Storage](#tabpanel-d364aa5f-8ead-4bc5-91e1-ac12601645e6) Google Cloud Storage ## Immutable backup and recovery for Google Cloud Storage at petabyte scale. - Immutable, air-gapped object backups - Object-, prefix-, and bucket-level recovery - In-place, point-in-time recovery from continuous backups [Learn more](/clumio/workloads/google-cloud-storage) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Google-CS-hero.png) --- ## Snapshot-Based vs. Cloud-Native Workload Protection | | Traditional Snapshot-based | Clumio Cloud-Native | |---|---|---| | Backups stored in immutable, isolated environments | No | Yes | | Controlled recovery without customer-managed infrastructure | No | Yes | | Protection that scales automatically as data grows | No | Yes | | Cross-account and cross-region restore | No | Yes | | Long-term retention without snapshot accumulation cost | No | Yes | | Centralized policy and visibility across multiple workloads | No | Yes | --- ## When to Use Cloud Workload Protection This approach is commonly used in environments where: ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-1.svg) --- Workloads are business-critical and downtime impacts operations ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-2.svg) --- Ransomware and accidental deletion present ongoing risk ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-3.svg) --- Multiple cloud services and accounts must be protected consistently ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Crocus-Icon-4.svg) --- Teams want to reduce operational complexity and infrastructure overhead --- ## Frequently Asked Questions What Is cloud workload protection? Cloud workload protection is the practice of safeguarding data and applications running on cloud services using secure, isolated backups and controlled recovery workflows. It focuses on protecting workloads such as object storage, databases, compute, and data lakes from ransomware, data loss, and operational disruption while supporting fast, reliable recovery at scale. How does Clumio protect Amazon S3 data? Amazon S3 data can be protected with immutable, air-gapped backups and policy-driven retention. Clumio helps enable fast, scalable recovery, including granular restore and in-place rollback with Backtrack, helping restore data after deletion, corruption, or ransomware events. How does Clumio secure Apache Iceberg tables? Secure Iceberg tables by backing up both data files and metadata in a consistent, version-aware manner. Clumio captures schema, manifests, and table versions to help protect pipelines from corruption or accidental deletions. How does Clumio back up my Amazon DynamoDB data? DynamoDB data can be backed up using continuous point-in-time recovery. Clumio provides automated PITR without scripts, enabling fast, selective table restores independent of your AWS account. How does Clumio help my Amazon RDS/Aurora data to be compliant? Achieve RDS/Aurora compliance by storing encrypted, immutable backups with consistent retention policies. Clumio enforces policy-driven protection, long-term storage, and audit-ready reporting. How does Clumio protect my Amazon EC2 and EBS data? Protect EC2 and EBS with immutable backups and automated lifecycle management. Clumio helps remove the need for snapshots and scripts and enables fast instance, volume, or file-level recovery. How does Clumio protect against ransomware in AWS and Google Cloud? Clumio uses immutable, air-gapped backups stored outside the production account, helping limit the ability of attackers to modify or delete recovery data. How is Clumio different from AWS snapshots? Unlike snapshots, Clumio provides immutable, isolated backups with centralized management and recovery workflows without requiring customer-managed infrastructure. How does Clumio protect Google Cloud Storage data? Google Cloud Storage data can be protected using immutable, air-gapped backups and policy-driven retention. Clumio extends its cloud-native data protection model to GCS, enabling secure backups and reliable recovery for large-scale object storage workloads. How does Clumio back up Amazon DocumentDB data? Amazon DocumentDB data can be protected with automated, immutable backups and consistent retention policies. Clumio enables scalable recovery of MongoDB-compatible workloads, helping restore data quickly after corruption, deletion, or operational errors. How does Clumio protect Amazon Neptune data? Amazon Neptune data can be protected with secure, immutable backups and policy-based retention. Clumio enables reliable recovery of graph databases powering real-time applications, helping restore data after outages, errors, or data corruption. --- ## Simplify and Strengthen Cloud Data Protection with Clumio’s Unified SaaS Platform. [Try on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hdul2n6jr5dou?sr=0-1&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa) --- ## Clumio Documentation Explore guides, FAQs, and developer resources to help you protect and manage your data with Clumio. [See the Clumio Support Center](https://support.commvault.com/Account/Login) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Flexible_Crocus_RGB-9.svg) --- ## User Guide Understand the concepts and tasks that let you protect your data with Clumio. [Learn more](https://documentation.commvault.com/clumio/index.html) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Domain-Org-3_Crocus_RGB-7.svg) --- ## Knowledge Base Find answers to frequently asked questions, see starting guides, and get troubleshooting tips. [Learn more](https://api.commvault.com/docs/latest/commvault-rest-api-public/) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Control-Panel_Crocus_RGB-6.svg) --- ## Developer Hub Explore API documentation, SDKs, and other developer resources. [Learn more](https://api.commvault.com/docs/SP38/api/cv/ClumioAPIs/clumio-rest-api) --- ## Protect Your Cloud Data Before the Next Incident Gain control, visibility, and confidence across AWS and Google Cloud. Be resilient. Be ready. 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