Case Study: Bristows LLP achieves 15-minute server RTO with Acronis Disaster Recovery Service

Bristows LLP Achieves 15-Minute Server RTO with Acronis Disaster Recovery

Bristows LLP, a London-based full-service law firm, faced lengthy, costly disaster recovery: their prior solution using Attix5 and third‑party hardware required two to three days to recover and involved multiple vendors. To meet strict UK data‑protection rules and targets (under four‑hour RTO for the datacenter and under 15 minutes per server) with minimal upfront expense, Bristows chose Acronis and its Acronis Disaster Recovery Service.

Acronis deployed its Disaster Recovery Service with a local cloud appliance to protect Exchange, document management, SQL, CRM, finance and other critical systems with recovery points from 15 minutes to daily. The Acronis solution cut recovery times from days to minutes (under 15 minutes per server) and reduced whole‑datacenter recovery to a couple of hours, enabled in‑hours server upgrades with minimal disruption, simplified failover testing, and delivered subscription billing and UK‑only data residency.

Bristows LLP

Philip Wood

Head of IT