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title: "Overview of Backup to S3"
slug: "overview-of-backup-to-s3"
tags: ["5.4"]
updated: 2026-10-28T01:53:46Z
published: 2026-10-28T01:53:46Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/overview-of-backup-to-s3"
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# Overview of Backup to S3

Backup to S3 is a low cost method of backing up the data on your VAST Cluster. Backup to S3 enables you to replicate a VAST Cluster's data to an AWS S3 bucket or to any custom destination that supports S3 access. You can restore the replicated data from a VAST Cluster to the same VAST Cluster or to a different VAST Cluster.

VAST Cluster enables you to replicate multiple *protected paths* each to a single *S3 replication peer*.