Direct to Cloud

Protect in the cloud. Recover in the cloud.

Quorum Direct to Cloud protects critical workloads directly in Quorum Cloud, providing secure offsite recovery without a local onQ appliance or customer-managed secondary site.

Back up remotely Activate in minutes Return on your timeline
Protection route · Cloud direct Ready
01 Protected workloadPhysical or virtual · Current Online
Secure transferEncrypted cloud protection · Active Synced
QC Quorum CloudBootable recovery points Standby
No local applianceCloud-first recovery path Validated
Protect offsiteKeep recovery points away from the systems and facilities they protect.
Reduce hardwareAvoid dedicated local recovery infrastructure where it is unnecessary.
Activate in cloudBoot protected workloads in Quorum Cloud during disruption or transition.
Cloud-First Recovery

Recovery without local recovery infrastructure.

Remote offices, distributed environments, and cloud-first organizations can protect workloads offsite without deploying a full recovery platform at every location.

01

Capture

Create consistent point-in-time snapshots of physical and virtual systems.

02

Send direct

Transmit trusted recovery points securely from production to Quorum Cloud.

03

Run in cloud

Activate critical systems offsite when production becomes unavailable.

Protection to Activation

From production to cloud recovery.

One workflow protects, moves, validates, and activates workloads without a local recovery appliance in the path.

01

Protect

Create consistent snapshots of protected systems.

02

Transfer

Send recovery points securely to Quorum Cloud.

03

Store

Keep snapshots encrypted, immutable, and isolated.

04

Activate

Start selected workloads directly in cloud.

05

Reconnect

Restore secure user and application access.

06

Return

Operate until production is repaired or migrated.

Activate first. Restore whenever.Turn recovery into an operational transition instead of a data restoration project.
Cloud Recovery Without the Hardware

Resilience that starts offsite.

Reduce the physical footprint of recovery while preserving a fast, tested path to running systems.

No local appliance

Protect workloads without dedicated Quorum hardware at the production site.

Geographic separation

Store recovery points away from the location and risks they protect.

Rapid activation

Start protected systems directly from cloud recovery snapshots.

Lower overhead

Reduce hardware, facility, maintenance, and refresh responsibilities.

Flexible recovery

Use Quorum Cloud for outages, migrations, replacements, or transitions.

Predictable operations

Use one platform for protection, testing, activation, and recovery management.

Protect Beyond the Data Center

One recovery strategy across every location.

Apply a consistent cloud recovery model where deploying full recovery hardware at every site is impractical.

Branch offices

Protect business systems at smaller operating locations.

Remote facilities

Secure workloads where local IT resources are limited.

Edge infrastructure

Extend cloud recovery to distributed application environments.

Transitioning sites

Maintain protection while facilities are consolidated or migrated.

Small production environments

Match recovery architecture to a lighter infrastructure footprint.

Distributed applications

Protect workloads consistently across many physical locations.

Systems, Not Just Files

Cloud storage does not equal cloud recovery.

Direct to Cloud maintains protected workloads that can run inside Quorum Cloud—not simply backup files waiting to be rebuilt.

Traditional Cloud Backup

Restore before systems operate

  • Download large volumes of data
  • Provision replacement infrastructure
  • Rebuild virtual machines
  • Reconfigure networks and dependencies
  • Validate applications after restoration
Direct to Cloud

Activate systems first

  • Boot protected workloads in cloud
  • Start applications in policy order
  • Reconnect users securely
  • Operate during repair or transition
  • Restore or migrate when ready
Ready When Production Is Not

Turn protected snapshots into running systems.

Activate the services that make the business usable inside a secure, managed cloud environment.

Critical applications

Run essential systems while production is unavailable.

ID

Authentication

Activate identity services required by dependent workloads.

DB

Databases

Start protected data services before dependent applications.

FS

File services

Restore access to shared data and operational resources.

Multi-tier applications

Activate complete environments according to dependencies.

VPN

Secure connectivity

Reconnect authorized users through protected cloud networking.

Recover in the Right Order

Applications depend on more than one server.

Recovery policies organize workloads into coordinated groups so teams do not have to determine startup order during an outage.

  • Domain controllers and identity services
  • Database-first recovery
  • Application and web server sequencing
  • File and storage dependencies
  • Complete infrastructure groups
Cloud activation policySequence ready
01Network + IdentityConnectivity and authenticationFirst
02DatabaseCore application data servicesThen
03ApplicationBusiness logic and middlewareThen
04Web + FilesUser-facing supporting servicesReady
Secure isolated cloud recovery environment
Isolated by design.A managed recovery environment protected from production through activation.
Your Own Protected Recovery Environment

Secure cloud infrastructure ready to operate.

Quorum Cloud provides the capacity, isolation, and connectivity required to run protected workloads during recovery.

Individual virtual firewallSecure VPN connectivityTenant isolationDedicated recovery resourcesManaged cloud platformControlled user access
Protected From Production to Recovery

Security that preserves the recovery path.

Controls designed for ransomware, credential compromise, and infrastructure failure protect every stage of cloud recovery.

Immutable snapshots

Protected recovery points cannot be modified once written.

Logical air gap

Cloud storage is isolated from persistent production write access.

Encryption everywhere

Keep data protected in transit and at rest.

Firewall segmentation

Isolate each customer recovery environment.

Zero-trust access

Control access through identity, authorization, and role.

Continuous validation

Monitoring and third-party testing support cloud security.

Direct to Cloud recovery testing
Evidence before emergency.Validate systems, dependencies, connectivity, and actual recovery time.
Validate Before the Outage

Confirm that cloud recovery works.

Test the full operating environment under realistic conditions without interrupting production systems.

Snapshot integrityCloud activationApplication startupRecovery sequencingFirewall configurationVPN connectivityAuthentication servicesActual recovery time
Explore Recovery Testing Best Practices
Built for Change

More than an emergency recovery option.

Use cloud activation to support planned infrastructure change as well as unplanned disruption.

Remote office protection

Protect distributed sites without local recovery hardware.

Data center migration

Operate temporarily while systems move between facilities.

Hardware refresh

Maintain availability while infrastructure is replaced.

Hypervisor migration

Protect workloads through virtualization platform change.

Site consolidation

Provide continuity while locations are combined.

Ransomware isolation

Activate clean recovery points away from production.

Choose the Right Cloud Model

Local recovery or cloud-first protection?

Disaster Recovery as a Service

Local speed plus cloud resilience.

DRaaS begins with a local onQ recovery platform and replicates protected snapshots to Quorum Cloud.

  • Rapid local recovery required
  • Local recovery hardware available
  • Both local and cloud copies needed
  • Hardware failure handled without cloud activation
Direct to Cloud

Cloud-first protection and activation.

Send protected workloads directly to Quorum Cloud without a local recovery appliance.

  • Local recovery hardware unnecessary
  • Offsite protection is the priority
  • Locations are small or distributed
  • Cloud is the preferred recovery destination
Cloud Instead of a Second Facility

Geographic recovery without owning the site.

Traditional Disaster Recovery

Own and operate the environment

  • Secondary facility and remote hardware
  • Power, cooling, and network infrastructure
  • Hardware lifecycle management
  • Internal administration and testing
  • Upfront capital requirements
Direct to Cloud

Use managed cloud recovery

  • Quorum Cloud as the recovery location
  • No customer-owned second site
  • Reduced capital infrastructure
  • Managed recovery resources
  • Activation during outages and transitions
Is Direct to Cloud Right for You?

Built for organizations that want recovery offsite.

Replace underused standby hardware with a recovery architecture that follows operational needs and infrastructure change.

  • You do not need local recovery hardware
  • Workloads should be protected outside production
  • You operate remote or distributed infrastructure
  • You are reducing on-premises hardware
  • You are migrating data centers or hypervisors
  • Cloud activation is required during extended outages
  • No secondary recovery facility is available
  • Testing and validation must be repeatable
Recovery Without Boundaries

Recover without local hardware.

No second site. No dedicated local appliance. No restore-first delay. Protect in cloud, activate in cloud, and return when ready.