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Storage as a Service (STaaS): a robust solution for data management
Storage as a Service (STaaS) is a cloud-based service model that allows businesses to access data storage solutions in a flexible and scalable way, eliminating the need for heavy infrastructure investment.
This service offers a variety of storage modes tailored to the specific needs of each client. This helps to decentralize and streamline how business data and information is stored. In turn, companies can focus on their core activities without worrying about managing or maintaining storage infrastructures.
It’s a service particularly well-suited to companies that require high-performance storage for their servers and virtual machines, organizations in need of shared, reliable, and secure storage for both structured and unstructured data, and businesses seeking cloud-based storage solutions that offer scalability and accessibility through compatible APIs.
Cloud storage is no longer just a trend—it’s a critical necessity for companies striving to remain competitive and secure.
Who is Storage as a Service for?
STaaS is indispensable for any company undergoing digital transformation that needs to manage large volumes of data efficiently and securely.
Among the primary users of this service are companies relying on housing or hosting services that demand high-performance storage, as well as organizations that require CIFS (Common Internet File System) and NFS (Network File System) support to share and access files across servers and virtual machines deployed both on-premises and in external data centers.
It also caters to companies that need to store data from Generative AI, IoT, backup targets, and other unstructured datasets in the cloud—for use cases ranging from backup to archiving and any application is compatible with object storage protocols.
Flexible and secure storage solutions are key factors in business success.
Our Cloud Storage at Telefónica Tech
At Telefónica Tech, we’ve launched the new Cloud Storage, developed in collaboration with NetApp, a global leader in data storage solutions. This strategic partnership allows our clients to benefit from a sovereign, distributed, hyperconnected, and sustainable storage solution, incorporating the latest innovations—such as integrated ransomware protection.
This service, along with VDC, is part of our proprietary Public and Private Cloud Infrastructure, unified under the Telefónica Tech Cloud Platform.
As such, our Cloud Storage service delivers enterprise-grade data preservation features. The key characteristics include:
- Robustness. The solution ensures high availability and durability of data stored within NetApp storage systems, offering a secure and reliable environment for enterprise data. Multiple tiers of service are available, with the highest tier achieving sub-millisecond latency, capable of meeting performance needs of even the most demanding applications.
- Sovereignty. All products under the Telefónica Tech Cloud Platform guarantee protection for confidential, secret, and top-secret data. Data sovereignty is assured—data, including replicas, is always stored within national borders.
- AI implementation requires significant local infrastructure investment. When opting for cloud solutions, ensuring strategic and/or sensitive data sovereignty becomes paramount.
- Security. The service includes clear anti-ransomware policies, enhancing security and ensuring compliance with data safeguard regulations.
- Predictability. The service operates under a flat-rate billing model based on contracted storage volume in GB—unaffected by read/write operations or traffic. This ensures cost predictability.
- Continuity. For cases requiring multi-cloud redundancy due to regulatory or business continuity requirements, Cloud Storage can serve as the primary destination for active data, with secondary replicas configured on a more economical provider for cold or inactive data storage.
- Proximity. Telefónica Tech has deep experience in delivering local services directly, aligned with the specific demands of the Spanish and Latin American markets.
- Local and remote protection services. We offer local snapshots and remote secondary snapshots, providing a first layer of data protection with significant advantages in terms of speed, efficiency, and flexibility.
- Support for block protocols, CIFS, NFS, and S3, depending on the selected service tier. This enables compatibility with a broad spectrum of applications and server configurations.
- Replication and cost reduction. The S3 protocol allows data replication to object storage tiers, which are priced lower than other tiers—billed by contracted GB with zero access or traffic fees.
- Flexibility. The service allows dynamic capacity scaling, with predictable pricing and immediate provisioning. This includes the option to leverage capacity in public hyperscaler clouds, without disrupting the service.
Through our strategic collaboration with NetApp, at Telefónica Tech we strengthen our position as a trusted enterprise technology provider. Our comprehensive and scalable Storage as a Service solution meets the evolving needs of modern businesses. It delivers the efficiency, security, and flexibility they require to manage and safeguard their data—freeing them to focus on growth and success without the burden of IT infrastructure.
■ The service is available in Spain, Chile, the USA, and Peru, with expansion plans for the rest of the countries where Telefónica Tech operates—always with the same features.
