# Restores for IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS)

You can browse and restore backed-up data for an IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) subclient.

## Browsing and Restoring IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) Data Based on Backup Time

You can browse the IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) data either from the most recent backup or from a previous point in time.

- You can restore from the latest backups to keep your content on a secondary storage, such as tape, for long-term storage.

- You can restore from the data backed up on a specific date to restore to a point in time before the content became unusable.

- You can restore from the data backed for a date range if your content for that range was deleted accidentally.

## Restore Destinations

The destination where you restore data is determined by your restore objective. Generally, you perform an in-place or an out-of-place restore.

### In-place restore

When you restore data in place, you restore it to the same nodes (same GPFS cluster) from which the data was backed up.

### Out-of-place restore

When you restore data out of place, you can restore it to a different GPFS cluster.

### File system restore

When you restore data, you can restore it to a UNIX file server.

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