the problem
Long retention sat on the most expensive Rubrik tier.
Primary Rubrik storage filled with cold data. Recovery times slipped. The cost curve flattened the wrong way as retention windows lengthened and ransomware exposure grew.
- Rubrik-attached storage is priced for performance, not capacity.
- Every retention extension triggered another procurement cycle.
- Immutable copies have to live at the storage layer, not just the backup software.
- Cloud archive added a second operating model alongside primary backup.
the joint solution
NAS Direct Archive sends cold backups to Scality, primary Rubrik shrinks.
Rubrik's NAS Direct Archive sends large unstructured datasets straight to Scality S3, bypassing the intermediate buffer. Primary Rubrik storage holds the hot working set. RING absorbs long retention with CORE5 immutability and erasure coding.
- NAS Direct Archive sends large datasets straight to Scality S3.
- Rubrik primary stays focused on hot, recoverable data.
- S3 Object Lock plus CORE5 cyber resilience applied at the storage layer.
- Connectors across NFS, SMB and S3; REST, Python and PowerShell APIs across the joint stack.
Up to 90%
TCO reduction
1 PB → 100 TB
Primary Rubrik storage at CHU de Nîmes
50%
Less time spent on backup ops
800 VMs
Protected in under two weeks
joint solution benefits
What Rubrik on Scality changes.
Primary Rubrik storage stays lean.
NAS Direct Archive routes large datasets to Scality directly. Rubrik primary holds the hot working set, not the long tail.
Policy on Rubrik, immutability on Scality.
Rubrik's zero-trust controls govern policy. CORE5 enforces ransomware, deletion, exfiltration and insider-threat protection at the storage layer.
Two-week deployment cycles.
CHU de Nîmes ran a POC against their previous solution and protected 800 VMs in under two weeks. No proprietary hardware, no rebuild of the Rubrik environment.
ALPMA — time back for IT security.
Andreas Preissinger, IT Security Architect: "Now, there are no problems. We finally have time for other priorities that actually improve the business."
Joint architecture
How Rubrik runs on Scality.
Workloads flow through the partner integration and land on the Scality data layer.


















