Case Study: 1-grid reduces daily backup-check time by 90% with Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud

1-grid Reduces the Amount of Time Spent on Daily Backup Checks by 90% with Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud

1-grid, a South African web hosting provider serving 35,000+ customers, struggled with slow, complicated backups and restores using a mix of R1Soft and Microsoft DPM—especially for Linux VMs—plus no centralized console and growing storage needs. Seeking faster backup/restore times and file-level recovery, 1-grid evaluated alternatives and selected Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud from Acronis.

Acronis implemented Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud with a single management console, Instant Restore capability and file-level recovery for Linux, plus built-in anti-ransomware protection. After a four-month migration to Acronis, 1-grid now protects 500+ TB across 2,000+ servers, achieved a backup success rate of over 99%, cut time spent on daily backup checks by 90%, and reduced backup infrastructure (number of servers and storage) by nearly half.

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Stewart Chifamba

System Administrator