FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Acronis Disaster Recovery?
Acronis Disaster Recovery is a turnkey, self-service cloud solution that protects critical workloads by enabling instant failover to recovery servers in Acronis’ global data centers, allowing quick restoration of systems, applications, and data after outages or cyberattacks.

2. How fast can I recover with Acronis?
Businesses recover critical systems in under 30 minutes using automated failover and rapid restore features, often without manual intervention, minimizing downtime and financial impact.

3. Is my data secure in Acronis Cloud?
Data benefits from encrypted backups, immutable storage, AI-based anti-malware scanning during recovery, and geo-redundant facilities across 50+ data centers with 99.9% uptime guarantees.

4. What platforms does Acronis support?
Acronis Cyber Protect backs up Windows, macOS, Linux servers/workstations, virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V), and cloud workloads like Microsoft 365, with bare-metal restore capabilities.

5. How do I test recovery without disrupting production?
Use automated test failover for scheduled monthly checks on any server, verifying recovery success in an isolated environment before confirming production readiness.