๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Storage ยท Data Protection ยท Volume Backup Service

Your block volumes โ€” backed up, encrypted, and ready to restore โ€” without ever leaving Pakistan.

QCloud Volume Backup Service (VBS) is a Commvault-powered, policy-driven backup layer for every EVS volume in your fleet. Forever-incremental backups, immutable storage, point-in-time restore in minutes โ€” all hosted inside KHI-1 and ISB-1, all billed by the GB-month in PKR.

Powered by Commvault ยท 99.999% durability ยท AES-256 encryption ยท PKR billing ยท No FX

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Volumes protected this week

โ— vol-erp-prod-01 โ†’ ฮ” 4.2 GB โœ“ vol-orders-db โ†’ snap 22:00 โœ“ vol-mail โ†’ ISB-1 replicate โœ“ vol-staging-04 โ†’ restore complete (2m 18s) โœ“ vol-billing-03 โ†’ ฮ” 1.1 GB โœ“ vol-cdn-cache โ†’ snap 22:15 โœ“
โ— vol-erp-prod-01 โ†’ ฮ” 4.2 GB โœ“ vol-orders-db โ†’ snap 22:00 โœ“ vol-mail โ†’ ISB-1 replicate โœ“ vol-staging-04 โ†’ restore complete (2m 18s) โœ“ vol-billing-03 โ†’ ฮ” 1.1 GB โœ“ vol-cdn-cache โ†’ snap 22:15 โœ“
What VBS protects ยท Across your entire fleet

One backup service. Every block volume you provision.

vbs ยท 14 workload families ยท 5,200+ volumes under protection

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ERP databases

Oracle, SAP HANA, MSSQL โ€” application-consistent snapshots

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Mail servers

Exchange, Zimbra โ€” VSS-aware backup

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E-commerce DBs

MySQL, PostgreSQL โ€” point-in-time recovery

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Core banking

Transactional volumes โ€” encrypted, immutable

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Billing systems

Telco BSS, billing data โ€” daily synthetic full

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File servers

NTFS, ext4, xfs โ€” incremental forever

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Analytics warehouses

OLAP volumes โ€” throughput-optimized backup

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EMR / health

HIPAA-style compliance โ€” in-country only

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Academic records

Student data โ€” retention-locked

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Government workloads

PECA-aligned sovereign backup

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Media archives

Cold-tier backup, multi-region

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Dev / staging

Snap before deploy, restore in seconds

Don't see your workload? Talk to a backup architect โ†’

Why VBS ยท Four promises

Four promises behind every backup we keep for you.

01

User-Friendly Configuration

Configure a backup policy in three clicks. Attach it to one volume or one thousand. Schedule by hour, day, or weekly RPO. Expand backup storage on the fly โ€” no agents to install, no scripts to maintain, no command-line acrobatics.

โœ“ 3-click setup ยท zero agents on the volume
02

Agile Backup Policies

Every workload has its own rhythm. Apply a different backup policy per volume โ€” hourly snapshots for transactional databases, daily fulls for file servers, weekly archives for cold data. Mix forever-incremental, differential, and synthetic full backups in the same policy.

โœ“ forever-incremental ยท synthetic full ยท differential โ€” all native
03

Low Cost, Predictable

Incremental forever after the first full backup means you only pay for what changes โ€” typically a fraction of the source volume size. Billed by the GB-month in PKR. No egress, no FX surprises, no per-restore charges.

โœ“ up to 90% storage savings vs full-only backups
04

Safe & Secure

Backups are encrypted at rest with AES-256 using HSM-backed keys. Immutable retention locks protect against ransomware and accidental deletion. Replicated to a second region inside Pakistan for 99.999% durability.

โœ“ AES-256 ยท immutable ยท 99.999% durability
Functions ยท What VBS does, every day

Efficient. Automated. Two-step restore.

Three native VBS capabilities โ€” built in, billed by the GB-month, no extra licensing.

01

Efficient

Forever-Incremental + Synthetic Full

Permanent incremental backup and restoration significantly reduces the space occupied by backup files and reduces RTO to minutes. A synthetic full is reconstructed from existing increments โ€” without touching your production volume.

$ vbs policy create --type incremental-forever --synthetic-full weekly
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02

Automatic

Policy-Driven Backups

Define a backup policy once and attach it to one or many EVS volumes. The policy handles schedule, retention, target region, encryption, and immutability. Drift-free, set-and-forget.

$ vbs policy attach --policy prod-tier-1 --volumes vol-erp,vol-orders,vol-mail
vol-restored โœ“
03

Simple Restore

Two-Step Recovery

Pick a recovery point. Click restore. VBS reconstructs the volume from increments and attaches it to a new or existing ECS instance โ€” typically in 2โ€“6 minutes for a hot tier.

$ vbs restore --point 2026-05-13T14:00 --target ecs-recovery-01
The VBS Lifecycle ยท From policy to protected volume

Six stages. One continuous loop. Zero data loss.

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01
Discover
VBS scans your EVS catalog and tags eligible volumes.
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02
Policy
Pick (or create) a backup policy: schedule, retention, encryption, target region.
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03
Initial Full
First backup is a deduplicated full, encrypted before it leaves the source plane.
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04
Forever Increments
All subsequent backups are incremental โ€” fast, cheap, encrypted.
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05
Replicate
Backups are replicated across regions inside Pakistan (KHI-1 โ†” ISB-1).
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06
Restore
Restore to a new or existing volume in 2-step recovery.

vol-erp-prod-01 โ–ธ discovered 09:14 ยท policy prod-tier-1 attached 09:15 ยท full 09:18 (42 GB) ยท ฮ” 09:33 (240 MB) ยท ฮ” 09:48 (180 MB) ยท replicated ISB-1 09:50 โœ“

Recovery Points ยท Pick any moment, restore in minutes

Restore to any moment in the last 30 days.

Forever-incremental backups give you fine-grained recovery points โ€” every 15 minutes for transactional workloads, every hour for general workloads, every day for cold data.

30 days agoToday
Synthetic Full Incremental 15-min snapshot
Selected recovery point
Volume: vol-erp-prod-01
Type: Incremental ฮ”
Timestamp: 2026-05-04 14:30 PKT
Size: 240 MB
Encryption: AES-256 โœ“
Status: โœ“ Verified ยท checksum match
Estimated restore time: 4m 12s
Policy Builder ยท Your rules, your RPO

Build a policy. Apply it to a thousand volumes.

Define the schedule, the retention, the encryption, the target region โ€” and VBS does the rest. Below is a live mock of the policy builder you'll use in the QCloud console.

console โ€บ vbs โ€บ create policy
Policy name
Schedule
Retention ยท 30 days
Target regions
KHI-1 โœ“ ISB-1 โœ“ both (replicated) โœ“
Encryption
PREVIEW
Daily
Estimated cost
PKR 1,420 / month
for 6 volumes (avg. 200 GB each)
Use cases ยท Built for Pakistani enterprises

From SBP compliance to ransomware survival โ€” VBS in production.

Six recurring patterns we see across Pakistani enterprise customers.

01
Banking & Fintech
Core banking, payment processing, KYC volumes
โ–ธSBP data-residency compliance
โ–ธImmutable retention for audit
โ–ธ15-min RPO on transactional volumes
4 hr ยท max recovery time
02
Telecom & ISPs
BSS, OSS, billing volumes โ€” high transaction rate
โ–ธHourly incrementals during peak
โ–ธDaily synthetic full off-peak
โ–ธCross-region replication included
5,000+ vols ยท across 3 telcos
03
Government & Public Sector
PECA-aligned sovereign backup
โ–ธ100% in-country backup retention
โ–ธAir-gapped cold tier supported
โ–ธAudit logs immutable, retained 7 years
0 offshore ยท 100% sovereign
04
Healthcare & Pharma
EMR, lab data, clinical archives
โ–ธHIPAA-style controls
โ–ธEncrypted at rest, AES-256
โ–ธLong-term retention (10+ years)
HSM-backed keys ยท in-country
05
E-commerce & Retail
Storefronts, catalog DBs, order pipelines
โ–ธPre-deploy snapshot before each release
โ–ธ5-min restore for hot data
โ–ธCold tier for historical orders
< 5 min ยท pre-deploy snap
06
Education & Public Records
Student data, academic registries, public records
โ–ธDaily fulls during academic year
โ–ธCold archive in summer break
โ–ธMulti-decade retention support
25+ year ยท retention lock
VBS vs DIY ยท When backups become a liability

The day a server dies โ€” the choice you wish you'd made.

Backup is the work nobody loves until something breaks. Here's what VBS handles that DIY scripting and "we have a tape rotation" doesn't.

Without VBS ยท DIY
๐Ÿ”งYou wrote a cron script three years ago โ€” does it still run?
๐Ÿ—“๏ธYou take a full backup every night โ€” bandwidth is your enemy.
๐Ÿ”’Encryption is "we'll add it later" โ€” backups sit unencrypted.
๐Ÿ’พRestore means copying 4 TB across the office network.
๐ŸฉบVerifying a backup is valid? Nobody has time.
๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธRansomware encrypts your backups along with your data.
๐ŸŒYour "offsite copy" is in a different country โ€” compliance risk.
๐Ÿ“žAt 3 AM, you call the IT manager. He calls the consultant. The consultant is on PTO.
With QCloud VBS
โš™๏ธPolicies are managed objects โ€” versioned, tested, never drift.
๐Ÿ“‰Forever-incremental โ€” full bandwidth only on day one.
๐Ÿ”AES-256 + HSM-backed keys โ€” by default, every backup.
โšกRestore reattaches a volume in 2โ€“6 minutes for hot tiers.
โœ…Every backup is automatically verified with checksums.
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธImmutable retention locks โ€” ransomware can't touch backups.
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐReplicated to a second region inside Pakistan.
๐Ÿ“ž24/7 in-country specialist โ€” average P1 response < 15 min.

Most teams ship VBS to production in 3 working days.

Talk to migration team โ†’
Pricing ยท By the GB-month ยท in PKR

Pay only for what you protect. No FX. No per-restore fees.

Three retention tiers. Same forever-incremental engine. Same in-country durability. Pick one, change it later.

Tier 1
Standard

Best for dev/staging volumes and general protection.

  • โœ“14-day rolling retention
  • โœ“Daily incrementals, weekly synthetic full
  • โœ“Single-region storage
  • โœ“AES-256 encryption
Price
From PKR ~3 / GB-month
Tier 2
Most popular
Premium

For production transactional workloads.

  • โœ“30-day rolling retention
  • โœ“Hourly incrementals, daily synthetic full
  • โœ“Cross-region replication (KHI โ†” ISB)
  • โœ“AES-256 + HSM-backed keys
  • โœ“Immutable retention available
Price
From PKR ~6 / GB-month
Tier 3
Compliance Archive

For long-term and regulatory retention.

  • โœ“Custom retention up to 25 years
  • โœ“Synthetic full only, deduplicated
  • โœ“Cross-region + cold-tier storage
  • โœ“Immutable retention required
  • โœ“Audit log retention 7 years
Price
Custom ยท annual commit
Cost estimator
Total volume size1.0 TB
Daily change rate5%
Tier
Estimated cost
PKR ~15,360 / month

Final cost depends on retention, compression, and replication. Open full calculator โ†’

Security ยท Where your backups live

Backups encrypted before they leave the disk โ€” and kept inside Pakistan.

VBS implements four layers of protection โ€” each layer engineered for the regulators Pakistani enterprises actually answer to.

RING 1
Encryption in flight & at rest
Every byte is encrypted with AES-256 before it leaves the source volume; TLS 1.3 in transit; AES-256 at rest in the VBS storage plane.
RING 2
Immutable retention locks
Apply a retention lock to any backup โ€” neither QCloud nor your own admins can delete it before the retention expires. Ransomware-resistant by design.
RING 3
HSM-backed key custody
Encryption keys are generated, stored, and rotated inside QCloud's HSM-backed KMS. BYOK supported. Keys never leave Pakistan.
RING 4
Audit-grade logging
Every backup, restore, and policy change generates an immutable audit log. Retained 7 years. PECA-aligned, SBP-aligned, ready for compliance review.
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ 100% Pakistan-resident ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Tier-3 certified ๐Ÿฆ SBP/PECA-aligned ๐Ÿ” HSM key custody ๐Ÿ“œ Immutable audit logs
FAQ ยท Before you protect your first volume

Everything you wanted to know about QCloud VBS.

Typical hot-tier restore is 2โ€“6 minutes for a 100 GB volume. Restore time depends on the recovery point chosen, the volume size, and whether you restore to the same region or a different one.
Both. File-level restore is available for NTFS, ext4, and xfs file systems through the VBS Recovery Browser. Block-level (whole-volume) restore is available for any volume type.
You can attach the restored volume to the original ECS instance, a different ECS instance, or have VBS provision a new ECS during the restore.
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan's Block Backup Service

Protect your first volume โ€” on the house.

$100 in QCloud credit. A 1-month free trial of VBS, EVS, and ECS. A real backup architect on the call from day one. Migration support for teams moving off DIY scripting, tape, or offshore backup โ€” all included.

No credit card required ยท PKR billing ยท Production workloads welcome

Live ยท 240 EVS volumes onboarded to VBS this week
console โ€บ vbs โ€บ protect volume
Source volume
vol-erp-prod-01 (1,000 GB)
Policy
prod-tier-1
Daily incremental ยท 30-day retention ยท cross-region
Estimated cost
PKR 6,400 / month
First full backup ETA
under 2 hours
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