Case Study: Norwegian Cruise Line ensures high availability on land and sea with Veeam Backup & Replication

Norwegian Cruise Line Optimizes Data Protection on Land and Sea with Veeam

Norwegian Cruise Line, a global cruise operator running more than 2,100 VMware VMs across its fleet and onshore offices, faced slow, agent‑based tape backups that couldn’t meet strict RTOs and RPOs. The legacy tools made VM recovery time‑consuming and put critical services (like point‑of‑sale and reservation systems) and 24x7 partner access at risk, so the IT team sought a faster, more reliable data protection solution.

Norwegian deployed Veeam Backup & Replication with HP StoreOnce onshore and HP StoreVirtual on ships, using Instant VM Recovery and Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots to restart or granularly restore VMs and files in minutes from frequent SAN snapshots. The new solution meets RTOs/RPOs, improves storage utilization through deduplication, enables rapid business continuity across land and sea, and eliminates the recovery risk posed by the legacy system.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Michael David Perez

Manager of IT Infrastructure and Operations