2025-26 DCIG #1 Midmarket SDS File and Object Backup Target Report

The 2025-26 DCIG #1 Midmarket SDS File and Object Backup Target Report provides midsized organizations with guidance on the best SDS file and object backup targets for deployment in their production backup environments. In preparing this report, DCIG categorized only nineteen products as midmarket SDS backup targets of which 5 met DCIG’s criteria for concurrently supporting both file storage networking protocols and S3 object storage APIs. DCIG evaluated each of these 5 products on multiple different features and capabilities.

In addition to examining the DCIG #1 Midmarket SDS File and Object Backup Target, the full report contains details such as:

• A list of the 5 midmarket SDS file and object backup targets evaluated.
• The incentives for hackers to attack backup targets – physical or virtual.
• Common features across all midmarket SDS file and object backup targets.
• DCIG’s rationale for publishing a #1 SDS file and object backup target report.