data storage

docs/platform/howto/byoc/create-custom-cloud/create-aws-custom-cloud.md

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 title: Create an AWS-integrated custom cloud
-sidebar_label: AWS
+sidebar_label: Amazon Web Services
 keywords: [AWS, Amazon Web Services, byoc, bring your own cloud, custom cloud]
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docs/platform/howto/byoc/create-custom-cloud/create-google-custom-cloud.md

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 title: Create a Google-integrated custom cloud
 sidebar_label: Google Cloud
-keywords: [Google Cloud, byoc, bring your own cloud, custom cloud]
+keywords: [Google Cloud, GCP, Google Cloud Platform, byoc, bring your own cloud, custom cloud]
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 import ConsoleLabel from "@site/src/components/ConsoleIcons";

docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data.md

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 import ConsoleLabel from "@site/src/components/ConsoleIcons";
 
-Store data in your custom cloud using tiered storage, a data allocation mechanism for improved efficiency and cost optimization.
+Bring your own cloud (BYOC) allows you to use object storage in your own remote cloud account to store [cold data](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data#tiered-storage) and [backups](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data#user-owned-backups).
 
-To use tiered storage in bring your own cloud (BYOC) environments, both custom clouds and
-services operating within those clouds need to have tiered storage activated.
+## Tiered storage
 
-Each custom cloud you create has tiered storage enabled by default. For existing custom
-clouds created in the past with no tiered storage support, you can
-[activate tiered storage](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data#activate-tiered-storage-on-a-custom-cloud)
-in the [Aiven Console](https://console.aiven.io/).
+You can store data hosted in your custom cloud using tiered storage, a data allocation
+mechanism for improved efficiency and cost optimization. When enabled, tiered storage
+allows moving data automatically between hot storage (for frequently accessed, critical,
+and often updated data) and cold storage (for rarely accessed, static, or archived data).
 
-## Prerequisites
+Cold storage for BYOC-hosted services uses object storage in your own remote cloud account.
+For purposes of the cold storage:
+
+- In AWS BYOC, one S3 bucket is created per custom cloud.
+- In Google Cloud BYOC, one S3 bucket is created per BYOC-hosted service.
+
+To use tiered storage in a BYOC-hosted service, tiered storage needs to be enabled both
+[in your custom cloud](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data#enable-in-a-custom-cloud) and
+[in the BYOC-hosted service](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/store-data#enable-on-a-service).
+
+### Enable in a custom cloud
+
+- Each custom cloud you create has tiered storage enabled by default.
+- For existing custom clouds created in the past with no tiered storage support,
+  [contact the Aiven support team](mailto:support@aiven.io) to request enabling tiered storage.
+
+### Enable on a service
+
+#### Prerequisites
 
 - At least one [custom cloud](/docs/platform/howto/byoc/create-custom-cloud)
-- At least one [Aiven-manged service](/docs/platform/howto/create_new_service) hosted in
-  the custom cloud
+- At least one [Aiven-manged service](/docs/platform/howto/create_new_service), either
+  Aiven for Apache Kafka® or Aiven for ClickHouse®, hosted in the custom cloud
 
-## Limitation
+#### Limitations
 
-- BYOC supports
-[tiered storage for Aiven for Apache Kafka®](/docs/products/kafka/howto/kafka-tiered-storage-get-started)
-only.
+- BYOC supports tiered storage for the following service types:
+  - [Aiven for Apache Kafka](/docs/products/kafka/howto/kafka-tiered-storage-get-started)
+  - [Aiven for ClickHouse](/docs/products/clickhouse/concepts/clickhouse-tiered-storage)
 - You cannot deactivate tiered storage on your custom cloud once it's activated.
 
-## Activate tiered storage on a service
+#### Activate tiered storage on a service
 
 [Enable tiered storage for Aiven for Apache Kafka®](/docs/products/kafka/howto/enable-kafka-tiered-storage).
 
-## Activate tiered storage on a custom cloud
+#### Activate tiered storage on a custom cloud
 
 1. Log in to the [Aiven Console](https://console.aiven.io/), and go to your organization.
 1. Click **Admin** in the top navigation, and click <ConsoleLabel name="bringyourowncloud"/>
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 1. Copy or download the template and re-deploy it in your remote cloud account using the
    variables provided in the variables file.
 
+## User-owned backups
+
+Data backups for services hosted in custom clouds are stored in your remote cloud account.
+
 ## Related pages
 
 -   [About bring your own cloud](/docs/platform/concepts/byoc)