Case Study: Wabash National achieves 60% TCO savings and near-zero RTO with Rubrik

Wabash National Modernizes Data Protection with Cloud Data Management

Wabash National, a leading North American manufacturer of semi‑trailers and liquid transport systems, struggled with a fragmented, resource‑heavy backup environment after multiple acquisitions. Legacy backup software and growing disk shelves made scaling expensive and slow, caused application stun for SQL and Exchange, produced lengthy recovery times and a bloated ROBO architecture that demanded constant hands‑on management.

Wabash deployed a cloud data management solution (VM/file backups, object search, cloud archival and ROBO appliances) to simplify protection and leverage public cloud resources. The change cut TCO by 60%, reduced RPOs for SQL and Exchange, delivered near‑zero RTOs (seconds vs. 45 minutes), shrank the data center footprint from 10U to 2U, enabled much faster backups and site deployment, and provided single‑pane management across headquarters and remote sites.

Wabash National

Steve Bunch

Server and Storage Manager