--- title: "Amazon EC2 & EBS backup and cloud-native recovery | Clumio by Commvault  " type: "WebPage" language: "en" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads/amazon-ec2-ebs" date: "2025-08-19T17:53:44-04:00" modified: "2026-08-26T23:49:08-04:00" description: "Protect Amazon EC2 instances and EBS volumes from outages and ransomware with immutable backups and fast 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" url: "https://www.commvault.com/clumio/workloads" - name: "Amazon ec2 ebs" --- # Clumio Workloads Amazon EC2 EBS CLUMIO BY COMMVAULT® ## Safeguard Amazon EC2 Instances and EBS Volumes Recover quickly from outages, ransomware, and operational failures with immutable, air-gapped backups. [Try on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hdul2n6jr5dou?trk=3cb03459-ec7e-4863-8cfa-9d04dd26709a&sc_channel=el&s) --- ## Infrastructure Can be Rebuilt. Compromised Data Cannot. --- ## Faster recovery Versus native EBS snapshot restore for large-volume workloads --- ## Snapshots don’t protect against compromise If attackers access your account, they can delete recovery points --- ## Air-gapped, immutable backups Data is isolated outside your AWS account boundary --- ## What is Amazon EC2 and EBS? Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is AWS’s virtual server service that lets you run applications in the cloud with scalable compute capacity. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) provides persistent block storage volumes that attach to EC2 instances, storing operating systems, applications, and data. Together, EC2 and EBS form the foundation for running stateful workloads such as databases, enterprise applications, and virtual machines on AWS. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/36-EC2-low-rpo.png) --- ## Why Amazon EC2 and EBS Require Dedicated Tools While native snapshots provide basic resilience, business-critical EC2 instances and EBS volumes often require stronger cyber resilience, longer retention, and faster recovery from outages and ransomware. ## Key Factors - EC2 instances and EBS volumes support mission-critical applications that demand rapid recovery. - Ransomware, accidental deletion, and configuration errors can disrupt multiple workloads simultaneously. - Native snapshot capabilities can limit long-term retention, cyber resilience, and cross-account recovery. ## Resulting Operational Impact - Longer recovery times for critical applications during outages and cyber incidents. - Increased operational effort to manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery. - Greater business risk from extended downtime, data compromise, and operational disruption. --- ## How Clumio Supports Amazon EC2 and EBS Backup and Recovery --- ## Fully Managed SaaS Backup Infrastructure Built as a serverless platform that incrementally tracks event changes, there is nothing to deploy, manage, or secure within your account. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/17-UI-Add-AWS-account-1.png) --- ## Immutable, Air-Gapped Stores backups in immutable, isolated storage to strengthen recovery with authenticated access and comprehensive audit trails. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/14-UI-Backup-overview.png) --- ## Fast, Consistent Recovery Enables rapid, consistent restoration of EC2 instances and EBS volumes to accelerate application-wide disaster recovery. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9-UI-ebs-restore-detail.png) --- ## Simple, Guided Restore Experience Uses intuitive, calendar-based views to quickly locate recovery points and rapidly restore instances and volumes with minimal effort. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/15-UI-Policy-schedule-2.png) --- ## Business Outcomes Accelerates recovery from ransomware and accidental data compromises, minimizes application downtime, enhances visibility into safeguarded EC2 instances and EBS volumes, and simplifies large-scale backup management. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outcomes-888x550-1.png) --- Our Reach ## Cyber Resilient Businesses Safeguard Their Cloud Data with Clumio > “As an institution with over 100 years of history and 100+ programs, we have a large data estate with web apps, media, and data stores. We chose Clumio for its managed backup SaaS that protects our EC2 and S3 data from ransomware and provides visibility for compliance reporting.” > > William Enestvedt > > Manager of the Unix Team, Johnson & Wales University > “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 > “We are saving at least one full-time employee by using Clumio.” > > Steven Bong > > CEO, AuditFile > “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 --- ## Native Amazon EC2 and EBS vs. Clumio --- ## Clumio’s Capabilities for Amazon EC2/EBS Safeguard Amazon EC2 and EBS with automated backups, immutable storage, and rapid recovery to minimize downtime and strengthen cyber resilience. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Streamlined_Crocus_RGB-7.svg) --- ## Automated, policy-based EC2 backups ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Secure-Backup_Crocus_RGB-1.svg) --- ## Immutable, air-gapped backup storage ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Constrained-Resources_Crocus_RGB-7.svg) --- ## Cross-account, cross-region recovery ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cloud-Server-Infrastructure_Crocus_RGB_1a6154-1.svg) --- ## Fast instance and volume recovery --- ## Frequently Asked Questions How does Clumio safeguard Amazon EC2 instances and EBS volumes? Clumio safeguards Amazon EC2 instances and EBS volumes with immutable, air-gapped backups stored outside your production AWS account. It uses cloud-native APIs to help support resilient recovery from operational failures, ransomware, and data corruption. How is EC2 and EBS backup different from traditional virtual machine backup? Cloud environments like AWS use dynamic, API-driven infrastructure where traditional on-premises backup approaches don’t scale well. Clumio is built for AWS workloads, leveraging APIs such as Amazon EBS Direct APIs to deliver scalable, policy-driven resilience and simplified management across EC2 and EBS assets. Can Clumio restore Amazon EC2 instances and EBS volumes quickly after an incident? Yes. Clumio supports fast, consistent recovery workflows for EC2 instances and EBS volumes without requiring pre-provisioned recovery infrastructure. Backup tiers include options for file-level and instance/volume restores based on your recovery needs. Does Clumio support application-wide or granular recovery for EC2/EBS workloads? Yes. Clumio enables both application-wide recovery of EC2 instances (including attached EBS volumes) and granular file- or directory-level restores from backups. Is Clumio suitable for regulated workloads? Yes. Clumio supports policy-driven retention, audit visibility, governance controls, and immutable backup storage – helping organizations address regulatory and compliance requirements in AWS environments. --- Related resources ## Discover and Learn Resources ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/person-escalator-crocus-888x500-1.png) SOLUTION BRIEF ## Clumio Backup as a Service for Amazon EC2 and EBS Modernize data resilience for EC2 and EBS for cyber resilience and streamlined operations in the cloud. [View solution brief about Clumio Backup as a Service for Amazon EC2 and EBS](/resources/solution-brief/clumio-enterprise-backup-as-a-service-for-amazon-ec2-and-ebs) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Thumbnail_Blog-NVIDIA-OSAA-2026.png) BLOG ## Improving Amazon EBS Backups Using Direct APIs Introducing EBS direct APIs into the backup workflow helped deliver an average of 30% cost savings and a 15% reduction in backup times. [Read the blog about Improving Amazon EBS Backups Using Direct APIs](https://www.commvault.com/blogs/improving-amazon-ebs-backups-using-ebs-direct-apis) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Thumbnail_Blog-Setting-Record-Straight-AirGap-2026.png) BLOG ## Exploring the Benefits of Amazon EC2-Other for Cloud Computing Understand and optimize the often-overlooked costs and features of Amazon EC2-Other. [Read the blog about Exploring the Benefits of Amazon EC2-Other for Cloud Computing](https://www.commvault.com/blogs/exploring-the-benefits-of-amazon-ec2-other-for-cloud-computing) --- ## Clumio Data Risk Assessment Get deeper visibility into the risk posture of your cloud data estate [Get free assessment](/clumio/data-risk-assessment) --- ## 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. 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