February 10, 2026
Case Studies

Schaeffler increases system availability and reliability with Acronis Cyber Protect

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The global motion technology company uses a stable, user-friendly backup and recovery solution to minimize downtime across production environments.

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, a leading global motion technology company headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, needed a reliable way to further maximize the availability of production facilities and to ensure operational continuity by restoring systems quickly in its production environment. The team implemented Acronis Cyber Protect to strengthen availability and reduce downtime without using cloud infrastructure.

THE SOLUTION

Schaeffler deployed 9,000 Acronis Cyber Protect licenses to protect its production environment across nine virtual AM servers and 75 physical SN servers with no use of cloud infrastructure. The solution has proven extremely stable and reliable for 10 years with continuous updates. Schaeffler’s operations professionals use tools such as acrocmd and benefit from the ability to create custom tools for efficient recovery.

THE IMPACT

  • Significantly increased system availability and reliability.
  • Fast system recovery that is easy for the team to operate.
  • Comprehensive support tailored to production environments.

KEY CHALLENGES

  • Company-wide uniform backup solution.
  • Need to restore system images and custom-developed applications quickly.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • Reliable backup focused on production.
  • Fast, user-friendly system recovery.
  • Support for restoring system images and in-house applications.
“We needed a reliable way to quickly restore systems, including system images and our own customdeveloped applications. Acronis enables us to restore systems in the shortest possible time using our own interfaces. Thanks to acrocmd and tool creation possibilities, the solution is highly userfriendly for our team.”
Norbert Duell, Security Operations, OT Solutions Backup, Acronis Product Owner, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
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