What OSS storesDecide what belongs offline

If losing it would change the business, it belongs offline.

Q: Are there file types OSS cannot hold?

No. Offline Secure Storage holds any file format.

Q: How is this different from a backup?

A backup is a process. Offline Secure Storage is where one copy lives: on physical hardware, physically disconnected between access windows.

Offline Secure Storage® holds the data you cannot re-create, on physical hardware, physically disconnected between access windows.

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Any file format
Dedicated hardware
Physically disconnected
Identity-verified access

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Does it belong offline?

Answer four questions about one set of data.

Is it accessed every day?

Would losing it, or losing control of it, be serious?

Is it the copy you would rebuild from?

Must you retain it, whether or not you use it?

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The rule

Three kinds of data belong offline.

Cannot be re-created

Originals, signed records and historic archives with no upstream source.

Cannot be exposed

Client, personal and commercially sensitive data, where a breach carries regulatory and reputational cost.

Physically disconnected Offline Secure Storage: server, three drives and a padlock

Not needed hourly

Data valued for its integrity and custody over time, rather than constant access.

What goes in

The eight classes we see most.

Business recordsContracts, ledgers and statutory records
Client and case filesRetained files and closed matters
Gold copy backupsA clean, known-good recovery set
Keys and recovery materialCredentials and recovery documentation
Media, IP and researchDesigns, code, footage and research data
System configurationsWhat you would need to rebuild systems
Regulatory archivesRecords you must retain
Personal recordsIdentity documents, wills and family archives

By sector

The same split, in four operating models.

Legal

Stays connected

Case management
Email

Belongs offline

Closed matter files
Signed agreements
Client identity records

Financial and professional services

Stays connected

Trading and client portals
Live ledgers

Belongs offline

Audit evidence
KYC records
Year-end archives

Industrial and OT

Stays connected

SCADA and control systems
Production data

Belongs offline

System configurations
OT backups
Recovery documentation

Boards and directors

Stays connected

Board portal
Email

Belongs offline

Board papers
Deal documents
Liability evidence

How much fits

Capacity, access and what each instance holds.

Capacity, access and what each instance holds.
Question	Capacity	Access	Suits
LUV	300GB	One nominated day a week, in a 12-hour window	Personal records and keys
Vault	2TB to 8TB	24/7 on demand	Business records and client files
Storage	20TB to 300TB, in 20TB steps	Scheduled or on demand	Gold copies and media libraries
Enterprise	300TB and above	Designed around your requirements	Critical national infrastructure and government

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What it is not

What OSS deliberately does not do.

Live production systems

Systems you use every hour stay connected, where they belong.

Always-on file sync

Nothing syncs in the background. Data moves in an authorised session.

Your only backup

Keep your backups. OSS holds one copy alongside them, offline.

Systems and access control

It does not manage your users or your network. It keeps one copy out of reach.

Questions

Questions about what goes in

No. Offline Secure Storage® holds any file format.

A backup is a process. Offline Secure Storage® is where one copy lives: on physical hardware, physically disconnected between access windows.

Vault and LUV use File Manager in your browser during a session. Storage adds SFTP, a REST API and your existing backup workflows, in authorised windows.

No. Live data stays connected. Move the copies you could not re-create, could not afford to expose, and do not need hourly.

No. Immutability is a logical control on a connected system. Offline Secure Storage® removes the network path at the hardware level.

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