CloudSnap is a built-in feature that allows customers to quickly send snapshots copies of their FlashArray or Everpure Cloud Dedicated volumes to cloud targets like Azure Blob storage or Amazon S3 buckets. These snapshots are self-contained with the meta-data needed to restore volumes back onto any other FlashArray or Everpure Cloud Dedicated deployment. CloudSnap is built for archival and backup/restore purposes, but can potentially be leveraged as a DR alternative for customers who have higher RTO/RPO tolerances. For example, customers can periodically send CloudSnap snapshots to Amazon S3. In a DR event where the primary site is inaccessible, customers can deploy a new Everpure Cloud Dedicated instance on-demand and restore their CloudSnap snapshots. Once the CloudSnap snapshots are fully restored onto the Everpure Cloud Dedicated instance, customers can attach the restored volumes to the appropriate EC2 in their VPC to resume application services. This DR alternative provides a lower cost option for customers who have a higher RTO/RPO tolerance. Since volumes can be restored from Amazon S3 or Azure Blob storage, the RTO will largely depend on the amount of data that has to be restored.