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title: "Storage"
description: "Aire Cloud Storage. Cloud storage for every workload, application and dataset. With Aire Cloud, you can deploy the right storage for virtual machines, databases, applications, backups, archiving or la..."
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date: 2025-11-11
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# Storage

Aire Cloud Storage

# Cloud storage for every workload, application and dataset

With Aire Cloud, you can deploy the right storage for virtual machines, databases, applications, backups, archiving or large volumes of data, balancing performance and cost from a single platform.

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## Choose the type of storage required for each environment

Not all workloads require the same storage. That is why Aire Cloud offers three storage models:

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Aire_iconos-almacenamiento-bloque.png)

## Block storage

For virtual machines, databases and applications that require persistent storage, high performance, availability and fault tolerance.

**IDEAL FOR**

Web applications
VMs
Databases
Mission-critical applications
Workloads with IOPS requirements

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Aire_iconos-almacenamiento-red.png)

## Network storage / NFS

To share files between multiple instances or applications from a centralised storage location.

**IDEAL FOR**

Shared files
CMS
Collaborative applications
Configuration files
Development environments

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Aire_iconos-dbaas.png)

## Object Storage S3

For storing objects, backups, archiving, data lakes, cloud applications, IoT or big data analytics.

S3 Basic

For frequently accessed data, with a duplicate copy of the object or bucket and buffer + cache support using NVMe drives.

S3 Cold

For infrequently accessed data that must remain available when needed, using erasure coding to balance protection, performance and cost-effectiveness.

## Adjusts performance and cost according to each load

For block and network storage, Aire Cloud offers different performance levels to tailor the storage to each application.

### Flash Scale Premium

Up to 25 IOPS/GB and 15,000 IOPS per volume

Designed for high-volume data workloads that require high IOPS rates, such as Machine Learning, AI, Big Data, or databases.

### Flash Premium

Up to 6,000 IOPS

High-performance storage for databases or write-intensive applications.

### Flash Plus

Up to 3,000 IOPS

The perfect balance between price and performance for general-purpose applications.

### Flash Basic

Up to 1,000 IOPS

Standard storage for applications that do not require high-performance IOPS.

### Archive

250 non-guaranteed IOPS

HDD storage for massive capacity volumes and cost-efficient data archiving.

## Protect your data and simplify operations

Aire Cloud includes features to help you manage your storage with greater control.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/icono-emision-adaptativa.png)

## Dynamic Resizing

Scale up your capacity easily as your applications grow.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/icono-evolucion.png)

## Cinder Backup

Perform full or incremental backups of your VMs to a cost-effective S3 repository.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/icono-disaster-recovery.png)

## Cloning

Clone data instantly to scale up or replicate volumes.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Interconexion@2x-e1762258935385.png)

## Migration between instances

Mount and unmount volumes without downtime to transfer data between instances within the same location.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/icono-simulacro.png)

## Snapshots

Take snapshots via the interface to protect your environment against system failures or incidents.

![General purpose](https://airetech.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Aire_iconos-migraciones-de-pruebas.png)

## WORM to Object Storage

Store objects using a ‘write-once, read-many’ model to make the data immutable and strengthen compliance policies against ransomware.

## Use each storage solution where it adds the most value

#### Virtual machines and databases

Use block storage for workloads that require extreme performance, guaranteed persistence, and high availability in critical environments.

#### Data shared between instances

Use network storage/NFS to share files without latency across multiple virtual machines or application clusters.

#### Backups and deep archiving

Use S3 Object Storage to store petabytes of data, immutable backups, and infrequently accessed data.

#### AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data

Use Flash Scale Premium to process massive volumes of data that demand an uninterrupted IOPS rate.

#### General-purpose applications

Use Flash Plus or Flash Basic to achieve the perfect balance between sustained performance and cost optimization.

## Design your cloud storage to suit your actual usage

Combine block storage, network/NFS, and S3 to tailor performance, capacity, protection and cost to each environment.

Choose the right storage from the outset and avoid over-provisioning resources that your application doesn’t need.

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FAQ

## Frequently asked questions

Get answers to your technical questions about **Aire Cloud storage**

### What types of storage can I set up on Aire Cloud?

Aire Cloud offers three models: block storage for high-performance persistent volumes, network storage/NFS for sharing files between instances, and S3 Object Storage (Basic and Cold) for objects, backups and archiving.

### What use cases is block storage designed for?

For virtual machines, databases and mission-critical applications that require persistent storage, high performance, availability and fault tolerance.

### What technology does block storage use?

It utilises different levels of Flash performance (Scale Premium, Premium, Plus and Basic) and HDD archiving, allowing IOPS and costs to be tailored to the workload of each application.

### How is information protected in block storage?

Using snapshots via the interface, instant volume cloning and hot resizing, as well as backups using Cinder Backup to a cost-effective S3 repository.

### What are scheduled snapshots and how do they work?

These are snapshots of a volume’s state at a specific point in time, taken via the Aire Cloud interface, which enable the environment to be restored in the event of outages or incidents without interrupting the service.

### What is NFS network storage used for?

For sharing files between multiple instances or applications from a centralised storage system, which is useful in CMS, collaborative and development environments.

### What are the advantages of network storage compared with other models?

It allows multiple virtual machines to access the same set of files simultaneously, simplifying the management of configurations and shared data.

### What is the difference between S3 Basic and S3 Cold?

S3 Basic is designed for frequently accessed data, with dual replication and an NVMe cache; S3 Cold is for infrequently accessed data, with erasure coding that balances protection, performance and cost.

### ¿Qué es erasure coding en S3 Cold?

It is a technique that fragments and distributes data containing redundant information, enabling it to be reconstructed in the event of a failure without duplicating the entire object, thereby optimising data capacity and cost-effectiveness.

### What operational capabilities does Aire Cloud offer for managing volumes?

Snapshots, instant cloning, on-demand resizing and hot migration of volumes between instances within the same location.