When a leading UK-based global bank needed to prove its disaster recovery readiness and maintain compliance with strict financial regulations, it selected Cristie Software to implement automated physical system recovery for operational resilience at enterprise scale. The bank’s objective was clear—achieve full operational resilience by reducing the recovery time of more than 8,000 physical servers from days to just hours.
The bank needed to improve and demonstrate its system recovery capabilities to meet industry regulations, across more than 8,000 physical servers, spanning Windows, and Linux platforms. Achieving such a vast recovery of disparate physical systems within a matter of hours, which had previously taken days, presented a significant challenge.
Financial systems involve complex interdependent server and storage configurations and the recovery of physical systems at scale is difficult due to the need for manual intervention and reinstallation and configuration of systems and application software. Cristie recovery software fully automates the entire process to recover entire systems that comprise both physical and virtual machines. This level of recovery automation is critical in a sector where compliance with regulations such as DORA and SOX are mandatory.
Cristie Software deployed Cristie RBMR for Rubrik to provide the ability to recover thousands of physical systems in parallel. System recoveries can also be verified with zero downtime and no interference with live banking services.
Key features of the solution:
“We helped the customer validate recoverability of over 8,000 systems without any downtime. It was a real testament to Cristie’s scalability and reliability.”
— Cristie Project Lead
Cristie recovery software integrates seamlessly with leading backup solutions to facilitate the recovery of operating systems, applications, user configuration and data to any available recovery point in time. No additional infrastructure or management is required, all recovery operations can be configured and controlled through the Cristie VA console. Cristie Recovery seamlessly integrates with backup solutions from Rubrik, Cohesity, IBM and Dell Technologies. Cristie Recovery can also operate as a standalone backup and recovery solution.
The successful implementation delivered measurable benefits:
In the financial sector, operational resilience is essential. Regulatory frameworks like DORA, SOX, and PRA/FRA demand demonstrable disaster recovery planning. With Cristie, the bank now has a trusted solution to meet both internal risk standards and external compliance audits.
This case demonstrates Cristie’s ability to deliver large-scale, platform-agnostic system recovery and recovery validation seamlessly and securely. For any financial institution or other industry needing operational resilience, Cristie Software delivers verified recovery you can trust.
Discover how Cristie’s automated physical system recovery helps financial institutions meet compliance demands and recover with confidence. Explore the Cristie Recovery Suite or contact us for a personalized demo.
Contact the Cristie Software team if you are looking to improve system recovery and replication within your organization, or to learn more about system replication and our system recovery integration with leading backup solutions from vendors including IBM, Dell Technologies, Rubrik and Cohesity.
Finally, learn how we are helping further companies modernize system recovery in our Use Case pages.
