Case Study: SRAM achieves 5X faster file recovery and near‑instant VM restores with NAKIVO Backup & Replication

NAKIVO Enables a Bicycle Component Manufacturer to Recover Files 5X Faster

SRAM, a Chicago-based maker of bicycle components and the world’s second-largest in its market, runs a 100% virtualized IT environment across 40 ESXi hosts that houses all business-critical applications, email, and databases. Facing slow, agent-based backups to tape and a risky, time-consuming VM rebuild process after failures or deletions, SRAM needed a reliable VM-focused backup solution to ensure 24/7 data availability and minimize downtime.

SRAM deployed NAKIVO Backup & Replication as a pre-configured VMware appliance, using forever-incremental backups, automated reporting, and backup copy jobs to protect multiple locations. The solution enabled instant VM and file recoveries—files now restored in 2–3 minutes versus ~15 minutes previously—reduced backup windows to minutes or up to an hour, removed tape dependence, and delivered overall file recovery that’s 5X faster with minimal training required.

SRAM

Michael Noeth

Head of IT Operations