Case Study: a college in Detroit achieves ransomware protection with StoneFly Air-Gapped Nodes

College in Detroit achieves near-zero RTOs with StoneFly air-gapped nodes

A college in Detroit was facing the challenge of protecting its critical data—including reference materials, scholarship programs, and administrative information—from ransomware attacks. They needed a solution that would integrate with their existing IT infrastructure without adding management overhead and would be affordable. The college partnered with StoneFly to address this need.

StoneFly implemented its DR365 VIVA nodes, which provide automated air-gapping and immutable WORM volumes. This solution isolated the college's backup data from the production network, making it inaccessible to ransomware. The results included robust ransomware protection, the ability to set up immutable storage on-premises or in the cloud, and significantly reduced recovery time objectives (RTOs) with features like instant VM recovery.