Case Study: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. achieves hyper-availability and enterprise scalability with Veeam

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Sets Sail with Hyper-Availability from Veeam

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., a global cruise operator with 59 ships, has embedded IoT, VR and other digital services across its fleet to transform the guest experience. That innovation created a massive data challenge — roughly 3 PB across 8,000 VMs (forecast to double to 6 PB by 2022) — and made hyper-availability essential: any downtime in boarding systems, gaming or guest apps risks poor experiences, lost revenue and damage to the brand.

Royal Caribbean deployed Veeam Backup & Replication on every ship’s data center (since 2012) to deliver intelligent data management, enterprise scalability and continuous availability. Veeam restores critical systems in minutes (avoiding missed departures or significant gaming losses), supports nearly 6 million guests annually, manages the company’s rapidly growing data footprint, and frees IT time for innovation rather than firefighting.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Ranata Kobylinski

Director of Hosting and Engineering Services