# Announcing cost-efficient storage with usage-based backups, cold storage, and Network file storage

DevFeed: [Announcing cost-efficient storage with usage-based backups, cold storage, and Network file storage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-cost-efficient-storage-with-usage-based-backups-cold-storage-and-network-file-storage-19916.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/nfs-cold-storage-backups>)

Author: Nihar Namjoshi

Published: 2025-10-02T08:05:09Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [DigitalOcean](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/digitalocean.md>)

Topics: [Digital Ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-ocean.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Data Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-management.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [digitalocean](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digitalocean.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [product-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-updates.md>), [protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protection.md>), [space-object-storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/space-object-storage.md>), [spaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spaces.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

DigitalOcean announces generally available Network File Storage, usage-based backups, and Spaces cold storage. The release targets shared storage for AI and cloud workloads, infrequently accessed data, and stronger data protection policies.

## Source excerpt

As data footprints grow, businesses need cost-efficient storage for infrequently accessed data, high-performance file systems for collaborative work, and more aggressive data protection policies to meet strict recovery objectives. We're introducing several significant enhancements to our storage portfolio to help you manage the challenges of data management, protection, and scaling. TL;DR Network file storage solution for high-performance AI workloads and cloud applications, is now generally available. You can access it in the DigitalOcean console. To learn more visit the product documentation page. Usage-based backups are now generally available to meet aggressive rpos. Check out our documentation to learn more and head over to the DigitalOcean console to enable backups for your Droplets or GPUs. Spaces cold storage for infrequently accessed data is now generally available. Visit our documentation to learn more and and head over to the DigitalOcean console to set up Spaces cold storage. Network file storage (NFS) for high-performance AI workloads Data-intensive applications, particularly in AI and machine learning, require shared, high-performance file storage that is easy to provision and manage. Our Network file storage service is now generally available in our ATL1 , NYC2 and AMS3 data centers. We have also introduced a new Standard Tier designed for general-purpose cloud applications like App Platform workloads, web applications, CMS platforms, general compute tasks, and legacy applications requiring shared file systems. This tier provides predictable, cost-effective shared storage with ReadWriteMany semantics for cloud applications. Customers with high-throughput or data-intensive needs, such as AI/ML, GPU training, high-throughput analytics, or those requiring parallel multi-node access, should instead utilize the NFS High Performance Tier, which supports superior throughput scaling for multi-node environments and demanding data pipelines. NFS supports share