I remember reading about Salesforce Big Objects before they became available and thought maybe it is an option to backup data present in regular objects. That is, instead of taking a backup via an ETL tool or data loader, maybe this will be an option to backup the data in the Force.com platform itself. Now that it is GA and I am reading more about it, i think the use cases for this are more varied. Some use cases I can think of are – Archival of key data objects within the platform: You may want to use this option if you dont use any other means to backup key data. Also this may be an attractive option for non-large enterprise customers who dont themselves invest on large data warehouses or data lakes in their enterprise architecture. Ex: customer history (if present in tasks and activities) will become huge over years but this is useful information for reporting & customer analysis. Store key information which is large volume in quantity and also high volume in transa