# Azure Blob - Using Archive Access Tier

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/azure-blob-using-archive-access-tier/674
**Category:** Features
**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/azure-blob-using-archive-access-tier/674 "2017-09-16T21:35:24Z")
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### Author: ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/azure-blob-using-archive-access-tier/674/6 "2017-09-18T09:40:31Z")

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> [@Frooxius](#):
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> Does Duplicati support using this access tier or is it a feature that could be added in the future versions?

There is currently no support for demoting the files to cold storage, but I don’t think it would require a big changed in terms of backup.

> [@JonMikelV](#):
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> using it with Duplicati would involve disabling a bunch of “default” including those that do things like:

Yes, you can add `--no-backend-verification --no-auto-compact` to have a setup that does not require that you can read remote files. I am not familiar enough with the feature to know if it still returns the cold-storage items in the file listing. If it does list the files, a better setup is `--remote-samples=0 --no-auto-compact` which will still do verifications based on the filelist, but not attempt to download any files.

> [@davegold](#):
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> I haven’t looked at the structure of Duplicati internally enough to know whether this is a big leap, but given that I have yet to run into a paid backup product that includes this functionality, I’d be surprised.

The problem is not making the backup, that part is easy enough. The problem is the restore. We did some work for Glacier, but it was a mess since you need to figure out which files need to be moved out, wait a few hours, and then access them, and then put them back.

I think supporting this feature would introduce a similar restore setup.

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