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Cloud Backup:Features available in each region

Last Updated:Apr 15, 2024

The availability of Cloud Backup features varies with regions. This topic describes the Cloud Backup features that are available in each region. In the following tables, the check mark () indicates that the feature is available in the region. The cross sign (×) indicates that the feature is unavailable in the region.

Asia Pacific

Data backup from an on-premises data center to the cloud

Region

On-premises file backup

On-premises database backup (MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server)

VMware VM backup

On-premises NAS backup

China (Qingdao)

×

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

×

China (Hohhot)

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Shenzhen)

China (Chengdu)

×

China (Hong Kong)

Japan (Tokyo)

×

×

Singapore

Australia (Sydney)

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

×

Indonesia (Jakarta)

×

×

Philippines (Manila)

×

×

×

Data backup on the cloud

Region

ECS file backup

ECS-hosted database backup (MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server)

SAP HANA

ECS instance backup

OSS backup

Apsara File Storage NAS backup

Tablestore backup

China (Qingdao)

×

×

×

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

China (Hohhot)

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Shenzhen)

China (Chengdu)

×

China (Hong Kong)

Japan (Tokyo)

×

×

Singapore

×

Australia (Sydney)

×

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

×

Indonesia (Jakarta)

×

×

Philippines (Manila)

×

×

Europe and Americas

The following tables list the features that are available in each region.

Data backup from an on-premises data center to the cloud

Region

On-premises NAS backup

On-premises file backup

US (Virginia)

×

US (Silicon Valley)

UK (London)

Germany (Frankfurt)

×

Data backup on the cloud

Region

SAP HANA

ECS file backup

ECS instance backup

OSS backup

Apsara File Storage NAS backup

Tablestore backup

US (Virginia)

×

US (Silicon Valley)

×

UK (London)

×

×

×

×

×

Germany (Frankfurt)

×

Middle East and India

The following tables list the features that are available in each region.

Data backup from an on-premises data center to the cloud

Region

On-premises NAS backup

On-premises file backup

VMware VM backup

India (Mumbai)

×

UAE (Dubai)

×

×

Data backup on the cloud

Region

SAP HANA

ECS file backup

ECS instance backup

OSS backup

Apsara File Storage NAS backup

Tablestore backup

India (Mumbai)

×

UAE (Dubai)

×

×

×

×

Industry clouds

The following tables list the features that are available in each region.

Data backup from an on-premises data center to the cloud

Region

On-premises file backup

China East 2 Finance

×

China South 1 Finance

×

China North 2 Ali Gov 1

Data backup on the cloud

Region

SAP HANA

ECS file backup

ECS instance backup

OSS backup

Apsara File Storage NAS backup

Tablestore backup

China East 2 Finance

×

China South 1 Finance

×

×

China North 2 Finance

×

×

×

×

×

China North 2 Ali Gov 1

Enterprise-class features

Note

Whether an enterprise-class feature is available in a region depends on the region, data source, and backup vault type.

  • The cross-account backup feature supports the following data sources: Elastic Compute Service (ECS) files, Object Storage Service (OSS) objects, Tablestore tables, NAS files, ECS-hosted databases, and ECS instances. The cross-account backup feature does not support other data sources.

  • The automatic archiving feature supports the following data sources: ECS files, on-premises files, OSS objects, Apsara File Storage NAS (NAS) files, and on-premises NAS files.

  • The immutable backup feature can be enabled only for general-purpose backup vaults. The feature is not available for Tablestore backup vaults and database backup vaults.

  • The cross-region backup feature is available only for general-purpose backup vaults. The feature is not available for Tablestore backup vaults and free backup vaults. Backup vaults that are encrypted by using Key Management Service (KMS) cannot be used for cross-region backup.

Region

Cross-account backup

Automatic archiving

Immutable backup

Geo-redundancy (Cross-region backup)

KMS encryption

Special retention periods

Backup policies

China (Qingdao)

×

×

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

China (Hohhot)

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Shenzhen)

China (Chengdu)

China (Hong Kong)

Japan (Tokyo)

Singapore

Australia (Sydney)

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Philippines (Manila)

China East 2 Finance

China South 1 Finance

China North 2 Finance

×

×

×

×

China North 2 Ali Gov 1

Cross-zone and cross-region ECS disaster recovery

Region

ECS disaster recovery (async replication)

China (Beijing)

China (Hangzhou)

China (Shanghai)

China (Shenzhen)

China (Heyuan)

China (Chengdu)

China East 2 Finance

China North 2 Finance

China (Hong Kong)

Singapore

Indonesia (Jakarta)

US (Virginia)

US (Silicon Valley)

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Alibaba Finance Cloud and the Alibaba Cloud public cloud are isolated from each other. Async replication and disaster recovery cannot be performed between the two. For more information about the regions and zones in which the async replication feature is available, see Limits on regions and zones.

Data archiving and data synchronization

Region

Data archiving from an on-premises data center to the cloud

Data synchronization

NAS file system

OSS

China (Qingdao)

×

×

×

China (Beijing)

China (Zhangjiakou)

×

×

China (Hohhot)

×

×

×

China (Hangzhou)

×

×

×

China (Shanghai)

×

China (Shenzhen)

China (Chengdu)

×

×

×

China (Hong Kong)

×

×

×

Japan (Tokyo)

×

×

×

Singapore

×

×

×

Australia (Sydney)

×

×

×

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

×

×

×

Indonesia (Jakarta)

×

×

×

Philippines (Manila)

×

×

×