Working with the archive tier for cost-optimized archiving and storage
One of the benefits of using the archive tier is that you now have cost-optimized storage for your archiving. Because API costs for cold storage are high, when Veeam offloads data blocks, they are repackaged into larger objects of up to 512 MB in size, using the helper appliance that gets automatically provisioned in the public cloud during the archiving session. Larger object sizes save on the amount of storage used, and, in the end, it will save the customer money. Also, to avoid any deletion penalties, Veeam will automatically skip archiving of restore points, with retention remaining under the minimum required data storage duration of the storage class used in the archive tier.
In addition to cost savings, there is now a flexible way to store your backups that Veeam will use to lower costs. By default, the offloading for the archive tier uses forever-incremental backups with only a delta from the previous...