# Move files with Storage to Storage

## :bulb: What is Storage to Storage?

A Storage to Storage (STS) data pipeline operation allows you to retrieve files from one source storage, and to run a multiple copy job to one or several destination storages.

## ✅ Supported source and destination storage types

* Google Cloud Storage bucket
* Amazon S3 bucket
* SFTP directory

## ⚙️ How it works

Every time a new file matching the specified rule appears in the source directory, it will be:

* removed from the source directory,
* if options have been set accordingly, copied to an archive directory located in the same storage, inside a folder named as the filename date,
* and transferred to one or more output directories (destinations) located in different storages.

## **📋 How to deploy a Storage to Storage data operation**

1. Access your **tailer** folder (created during [installation](https://docs.tailer.ai/getting-started/install-tailer-sdk)).
2. Create a working folder as you want, and create a JSON file for your data operation inside.
3. Prepare your JSON configuration file. Refer to this page to learn about all the [parameters](https://docs.tailer.ai/data-pipeline-operations/move-files-with-storage-to-storage/storage-to-storage-configuration-file).
4. Access your working folder by running the following command:

   ```
   cd "[path to your working folder]"
   ```
5. To deploy the data operation, run the following command:

   ```
   tailer deploy configuration your-file.json
   ```
6. Log in to [Tailer Studio](http://studio.tailer.ai) to check the status and details of your data operation.
7. Add a file with the right template in the source folder
8. Access your output folder(s), and archive folder, if any, to check the result of the data operation.