---
id: delta-drive.what-is-the-second-copy-option-for-delta-trust
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-is-the-second-copy-option-for-delta-trust
category: "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"
subcategory: "Delta Trust backups"
question: "What is the second copy option for Delta Trust?"
alt_questions:
  - "Keep a second copy of my vault"
  - "Delta Trust second copy explained"
  - "Does a second copy add ransomware protection?"
  - "Is the second copy a second vault?"
  - "Backup with a different storage company"
short_answer: "Where your plan offers it, a second copy keeps your vault with a different storage company so an outage at one doesn't strand you. It's the same backup elsewhere, not a second vault, and it runs on our servers, not your connection."
tags: ["second copy", "delta trust", "resilience"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-happens-when-i-turn-off-the-second-copy", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/which-company-stores-delta-drive-data", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-see-how-many-copies-of-my-data-exist"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What is the second copy option for Delta Trust?

Where your plan offers it, you can ask us to keep a second copy of your vault with a **different** storage company. It survives the first company having a bad day — an outage, an account problem, a region going away.

What it isn't:

- It's **not a second vault** — same encryption, same recovery kit; restoring from it is restoring the same backup from somewhere else.
- It does **not** add ransomware protection — that comes from the lock on the main copy.

The copy runs on our servers, so nothing goes through your Mac or is uploaded twice from your connection. A large vault can take a while, and the screen says whether the second copy is current or catching up.

See [costs and turning it off](https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/what-happens-when-i-turn-off-the-second-copy).