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Acronis Cyber Protect
Your Complete, Comprehensive Backup Solution
Designed to safeguard your business-critical systems and data.
Acronis Cyber Protect runs on Servers Australia’s Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI), delivering secure, reliable data protection built for Australian businesses. Easily scale your backup storage as your data increases, while maintaining protection across servers, VMs and workstations.
- Full Australian data residency
- Built-in geo-replication
- Fast, flexible backup and recovery
- Immutable, ransomware-resilient backup storage
- Protection across physical, virtual and cloud workloads
- Intuitive centralised management portal
Acronis Cyber Protect Features
Cyber Protection Built Into Your Infrastructure
Acronis Cyber Protect brings protection, backup and recovery capabilities together in one platform.
Protect
Data Sovereignty & Isolation
All data stored locally within Australian Equinix data centres, for compliance and keeping customer data onshore.
Ransomware-Resilient Backups
Immutable storage, object-lock, and threat protection safeguard backups from tampering or encryption attacks.
Enterprise-Grade Protection
Includes immutable storage, advanced threat defences, and strong encryption to safeguard data.
Built-In Geo-Replication
Hosted on Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Infrastructure platform in SYD1, SY3, and SY4 with built-in geo-replication.
Network Traffic Efficiency
Optimise your bandwidth with unmetered inbound backup traffic dedicated to your Acronis backup port.
Endpoint, Antivirus & Malware
Secure coverage across physical, virtual, and cloud environments — all designed to keep your business running with confidence.
Backup
Universal Backup Coverage
Full image and file-level protection covers physical servers, virtual machines, cloud workloads, and endpoints.
Centralised Management Console
Manage all backups, protection policies, and alerting from one interface, with RBAC for MSPs and large teams.
Efficient Storage Performance
Deduplication, compression, and multi-replica storage reduce costs while improving performance and reliability.
Offsite Backup Storage
Safeguard against hardware outages and data loss by duplicating your local backups into our secure, Australian cloud infrastructure.
Remote Office Backup
Streamline endpoint management by consolidating backups from various branch locations into a single, unified cloud repository.
Scalable Backup Storage
Easily scale your backup storage as your data increases, with automatic expansion and no need for infrastructure changes.
Recover
Universal Backup & Fast Restore Options
Full-image and file-level restore, bare-metal recovery, and instant VM spin-up to reduce downtime.
Disaster Recovery
Maintain business continuity by rapidly bringing critical systems and data back online directly from the cloud following a major outage.
Assisted Recovery
Restore systems and files quickly via the portal, with optional assisted recovery from our support team.
Hybrid Cloud Protection
Blend the speed of local, on-premises storage with the robust, long-term resilience of cloud backups.
Flexible Graduated Billing
Only pay for the storage you use with cost-effective, graduated billing tiers that automatically adjust to your capacity needs.
Secure Data Retention
Rest easy knowing your business data is securely retained for 30 days even if you cancel your service, ensuring a safe buffer before permanent deletion.
Why Choose Servers Australia
Australian Infrastructure
Combine Acronis protection with Servers Australia's established infrastructure and data centre presence across Australia.
24/7 Australian-Based Phone Support
Access an Australian technical team with experience across the infrastructure supporting your protected workloads.
Professional Services
Get assistance assessing requirements, designing protection and implementing solutions around your environment.
Integrated Infrastructure
Connect Acronis with cloud, dedicated servers, storage, networking and other Servers Australia infrastructure.
Data Sovereignty
Build data protection around Australian-hosted infrastructure where data location and sovereignty are important requirements.
Built Around Your Environment
Design protection around your workloads, infrastructure, recovery objectives and wider business requirements.
Backup & Recovery
From Backup to Recovery
Compare common backup approaches and understand how each can help protect data, provide recovery points and restore workloads when something goes wrong.
| Backup Approach | Protect | Recover & Restore |
|---|---|---|
| File Backup | Protect selected files and folders | Restore individual files or folders following deletion, corruption or loss |
| Server Backup | Protect server workloads and associated data | Recover server data and workloads following failure or disruption |
| Virtual Machine Backup | Capture virtual workloads and their data | Restore complete virtual machines or selected data from available recovery points |
| Application Backup | Protect application data and associated workloads | Restore application data following corruption, deletion or system failure |
| Offsite Backup | Maintain backup data away from the primary environment | Software-defined networking (SDN) simplifies scaling |
| Cloud Backup | Store protected data using scalable cloud infrastructure | Retrieve backup data when recovery is required |
| Scheduled Backups | Create recovery points according to a defined schedule | Select an appropriate available recovery point when restoring data |
| Retention Policies | Maintain multiple recovery points over defined periods | Recover an earlier version when recent data is unsuitable or compromised |
| Disaster Recovery | Combine backup with infrastructure and recovery planning | Restore critical systems and services as part of a wider continuity strategy |
Resources
Acronis Cyber Protect Resources
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FAQ's
What is Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect?
Servers Australia’s Acronis Cyber Protect is a complete data protection solution that combines backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity tools in one easy-to-manage platform. Delivered on our locally hosted ACI infrastructure, it helps businesses safeguard their systems and data from loss, corruption, or cyberattacks — with the added assurance that all backup data is stored securely within our Australian Data Centres.
What does Acronis Cyber Protect Backup do?
Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect Backup solution automatically copies and stores your data in secure top tier Australian data centres. If your files are lost, damaged, or encrypted by ransomware, you can quickly restore them to keep your business running.
How is Acronis Cyber Protect different from regular cloud backup?
Unlike basic cloud backups, Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect solution includes advanced security and monitoring capabilities, such as ransomware protection, vulnerability assessments, and backup verification.
Can Acronis backup physical and virtual servers?
Yes. Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect platform supports backups for physical servers, virtual machines, workstations, and cloud environments, making it suitable for mixed or hybrid infrastructure. It's also perfect for simple cPanel and Plesk web hosting backup requirements.
Where is Acronis backup data stored?
With Servers Australia’s Acronis Cyber Protect product, all backup data is securely stored on our Acronis Cyber Infrastructure platform within our top-tier Australian Data Centres. Your data never leaves our network, giving you complete sovereignty, local redundancy, and peace of mind that everything stays onshore and under your control.
How often can backups run with Acronis Cyber Protect?
Backups can be scheduled as often as needed — from hourly to daily or weekly — depending on your business requirements and available bandwidth.
Can I restore individual files or entire systems?
Yes. Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect lets you recover everything from single files or folders to entire systems, depending on your backup configuration.
Does Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect protect against ransomware?
Yes. Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect includes built-in ransomware detection and recovery tools that automatically stop malicious processes and restore affected files.
Is Acronis Cyber Protect suitable for small businesses?
Absolutely. Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect offers flexible backup options that scale from small offices to large enterprise environments, making it accessible for all business sizes.
How much storage do I need for backups?
It depends on the size of your systems, how frequently you back up, and how long you keep previous versions. A good rule of thumb is to start with at least 2–3 times your data footprint for versioned backups.
Can I back up cloud services like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
Yes. Servers Australia's Acronis Cyber Protect can back up Microsoft 365 mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Google Workspace data to ensure full business continuity.
How secure is Acronis backup?
All backups are encrypted during transfer and storage using AES-256 encryption. Optional multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access control further enhance security.
Use Cases
Offsite Backup Storage
Replicate local backups to secure, sovereign cloud storage for added protection against hardware failure or data loss.
Disaster Recovery
Instantly restore critical systems and data from the cloud after outages or cyber incidents to keep operations running.
Remote Office Backup
Centralise endpoint backup management by sending data from multiple locations to one cloud destination.
Data Sovereignty
Keep all backup data within local data centres to meet regional compliance and governance requirements.
Hybrid Cloud Protection
Combine on-premises and cloud storage for faster restores and long-term data resilience.
C-Panel and Plesk Backup
Backup account data, databases and configurations. Simple restoration in the case of accidental deletion or compromised sites.
Resources
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