By By David Ramel11/05/2026
Publication Date: 2026-11-05 00:00:00
Rubrik Takes NAS Backup Storage Off Customers’ Hands
Rubrik has expanded its cyber resilience portfolio with a hosted backup offering for enterprise network-attached storage (NAS), allowing organizations to protect on-premises unstructured data without purchasing or maintaining dedicated backup storage infrastructure.
Announced Nov. 5, Rubrik-Hosted Protection for On-Premise Unstructured Data builds on the company’s NAS Cloud Direct technology, moving backup storage, capacity management and infrastructure updates into Rubrik’s cloud while leaving customers in control of protection policies and recovery operations.
According to the company’s announcement, the offering addresses challenges associated with protecting large volumes of unstructured enterprise data, including medical imaging, engineering designs, seismic surveys and AI datasets.
Such data can be difficult or expensive to recreate after a ransomware attack or other disruptive incident. Traditional on-premises protection also requires organizations to purchase, deploy and maintain backup storage infrastructure, potentially adding significant hardware and operational costs.
“Backups mean nothing if you can’t be confident in a clean recovery, and hardware limitations shouldn’t stand between an enterprise…
