Storing files that will never change makes sense, but you can’t reap those advantages simply by pushing your data into Amazon S3 or Azure Blob. To make the most out of cloud-tier storage, you must consider architectural changes to support it, so you can avoid common pitfalls like sending more data to the cloud than needed, incurring unnecessary overhead costs and storing low-priority data in expensive tiers.
And when you have a cloud-connected storage, deduplication and replication solution doing some of the legwork for you, you can maximize cloud-tier storage efficiency.