Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
The foundation the platform runs on — software-defined, hyper-converged storage on commodity hardware — the way providers OWN their backup economics instead of renting the meter.
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The Acronis platform family
This page covers Cyber Infrastructure. The rest of the platform:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Cyber Infrastructure — software-defined storage & HCI
- Vendor
- Acronis (est. 2003 · Singapore/Switzerland · EQT-backed)
- What it is
- Multi-tenant, hyper-converged, scale-out storage + compute
- The role
- Cost-efficient backup-storage and DR target
- The lever
- Own your storage economics instead of renting the cloud meter
- Hardware
- Runs on commodity servers — no proprietary appliance tax
- Also
- DR workloads, edge workloads, and virtualization (Cyber Frame)
- Pedigree
- The same platform that runs Acronis's own cloud
- Licensing
- Per TB / capacity
- In India via
- TechBag — quotes, PoCs, GST invoicing, Tier-1 support
Understand backup infrastructure before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is software-defined backup infrastructure?
Storage (and compute) intelligence in software on commodity hardware — scale-out, redundant, multi-tenant — serving as a cost-efficient backup-storage and DR target.
It’s the foundation Acronis’s platform writes to, available for providers to own instead of rent.
The rented meter vs owned infrastructure — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Rented cloud + appliance tax | Owned SDS/HCI (Acronis) |
|---|---|---|
| Storage economics | Rented cloud meter, forever | Owned commodity infrastructure |
| Hardware | Proprietary appliance tax | Standard servers, add nodes |
| The backup target | A third-party bolt-on | Native to Cyber Protect Cloud |
| DR compute | A separate DR site | Hyper-converged with storage |
| Margin | Leaks to the hyperscaler | Kept on owned infrastructure |
| Residency | Cloud-region caveats | Your hardware, your location |
| Scaling | Buy a bigger appliance | Add a commodity node |
| Virtualization | A separate VMware bill | Cyber Frame on the same platform |
It's an infrastructure project — deploy properly, then the owned economics compound with every terabyte.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Software-Defined Storage
Redundant, scale-out storage on standard servers — capacity grows by adding nodes, not buying proprietary appliances.
Multi-Tenancy
Isolated storage per client tenant — the provider serves many customers from owned infrastructure with clean separation.
Compute Layer
Compute alongside storage — run DR workloads, edge workloads and (via Cyber Frame) virtualization on the same platform.
Cyber Hardening
Immutability, encryption and the security posture the 'Cyber' name implies — storage that resists the attacks it protects against.
Platform Integration
The native backup-storage and DR target for Cyber Protect Cloud — the foundation the whole platform writes to.
One recovery plane across every workload — restore fast and clean, not just back up.
Twelve capabilities. Store, run, own.
Acronis turns rented backup-storage economics into owned margin — on the platform it runs its own cloud on.
Software-Defined Storage
Scale-out redundant storage on commodity servers — capacity grows by adding nodes, no appliance tax.
Native Backup Target
The storage Cyber Protect Cloud writes to natively — foundation, not bolt-on.
Per-Client Isolation
Isolated storage per tenant — the provider serves many clients from owned infrastructure.
Object & Block Storage
S3-compatible object plus block storage — the formats backup and workloads need.
Immutable & Encrypted
The security posture the 'Cyber' name implies — immutability and encryption built in.
Hyper-Converged Compute
Compute alongside storage — the same nodes run workloads, not just store data.
Disaster-Recovery Workloads
DR workloads spin up on the same infrastructure that stores the backups — target and compute unified.
Edge Workloads
Efficient at the edge — protection and compute where the data is generated.
Virtualization (Cyber Frame)
The newer virtualization direction — the VMware-alternative space, on the same platform.
No Appliance Tax
Standard servers, not proprietary boxes — the hardware markup that inflates storage, gone.
Owned Economics
Turn the rented cloud meter into owned capacity — the margin lever for providers at scale.
The Acronis-Cloud Platform
The same infrastructure Acronis runs its own cloud on — battle-tested at 750K businesses.
Watch Cyber Infrastructure
The introduction, the backup-target setup and the Cyber Frame direction.
Introducing Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
The software-defined storage foundation explained.
Set Up Backup Storage in Cyber Infrastructure
Configuring it as the backup target — the core use case.
Acronis Cyber Frame — Overview
The newer virtualization direction on the infrastructure.
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Book a guided demo →Everyone rents their backup storage. The meter is your margin, leaking.
Here’s what genuinely sets Cyber Infrastructure apart from the alternatives.
Own the storage, own the margin
For an MSP renting all its backup storage from a public cloud, the meter runs forever and the margin leaks. Cyber Infrastructure on commodity hardware turns that rented line into owned capacity — frequently where the whole platform's ROI concentrates.
No proprietary appliance tax
Software-defined on standard servers — capacity grows by adding commodity nodes, not by buying the vendor's overpriced appliances. The hardware markup that inflates traditional storage, gone.
The target the platform writes to
It's the native backup-storage and DR target for Cyber Protect Cloud — not a bolt-on but the foundation the whole platform is designed to write to. Storage and protection from one vendor, one architecture.
Runs DR workloads too
Hyper-converged means compute alongside storage — so DR workloads spin up on the same infrastructure that stores the backups. The DR target and the DR compute, unified.
The same platform Acronis runs on
This is the infrastructure behind Acronis's own cloud — battle-tested at the scale of 750,000 protected businesses, available for providers to run themselves. The pedigree is the product being dogfooded.
Extending into virtualization
With Cyber Frame (the newer virtualization direction), the infrastructure is growing beyond storage into the VMware-alternative space MSPs are actively shopping for — one platform, more of the stack.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Cyber Infrastructure journey looks like
Storage-economics review
Current backup-storage spend (the rented meter), TB volume and growth, and the residency picture — TechBag models the owned-vs-rented case free.
Infrastructure deploy
Commodity nodes provisioned, the software-defined storage cluster stood up, multi-tenancy configured — an infrastructure project, done properly.
The target live
Cyber Protect Cloud writing to it natively; a DR workload spun up on the HCI; the economics validated.
Owned steady state
Backup storage on owned infrastructure, margin kept, scaling by adding nodes. TechBag manages capacity licensing.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“Renting backup storage from a hyperscaler ate our MSP margin; Cyber Infrastructure on our own servers more than halved per-TB cost.”
“Software-defined on commodity hardware meant no appliance tax — we scaled by adding standard servers, not buying the vendor's marked-up boxes.”
“It's the target Cyber Protect Cloud writes to natively — storage and backup from one vendor, one architecture. No integration project.”
“Hyper-converged means our DR workloads run on the same kit that stores the backups. The DR site and the backup target became one thing.”
“Residency rules meant we needed storage on our own infrastructure — this delivered it, cyber-hardened, multi-tenant.”
“It's infrastructure — expect an infrastructure project, not a SaaS signup. Plan the deployment properly; the payoff is the owned economics.”
“Cyber Frame extending into virtualization is promising — the VMware-alternative pressure is real, and having it on the same platform matters.”
“For a small MSP the deployment effort may outweigh the savings — it's a scale play. Model your TB volume before committing.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and review-site grids score satisfaction, not fit for your estate. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the backup infrastructure market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Backup-Infrastructure Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Acronis-native SDS/HCI, owned economics — this page's subject.
Owned Economics × Ops Simplicity
The grid nobody publishes — how much margin you own vs how much you must operate.
Built as the Acronis backup target at commodity economics; the provider corner.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Cyber Infrastructure vs the storage options
The rented cloud, the appliance vendors and the DIY paths — honest lanes, including when renting wins.
| Dimension | Cyber Infrastructure | Public cloud storage | Proprietary appliances | Ceph (DIY) | Nutanix/VMware HCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | SDS/HCI + Acronis-native | Rented capacity | Vendor boxes | Open-source SDS | Enterprise HCI |
| Economics for MSP backup storage | Owned, commodity | Meter forever | Appliance tax | Cheapest (your time) | Premium |
| Acronis platform integration | Native target | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Multi-tenancy | MSP-native | Via accounts | Configurable | DIY | Yes |
| Ops burden | Infrastructure project | None | Vendor-managed-ish | You are the vendor | Managed HCI |
| Beyond storage (DR/virtualization) | HCI + Cyber Frame | Cloud compute | Storage only | Compute-adjacent | Full HCI |
| Best fit | Acronis MSPs owning their economics | Zero-ops, small volume | Appliance-standardised shops | Ceph-capable teams | Enterprise HCI buyers |
Which storage model fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Cyber Infrastructure if…
- ✓You're an MSP at scale renting backup storage you could own
- ✓Native integration with Cyber Protect Cloud matters
- ✓Commodity-hardware economics beat the appliance tax for you
- ✓Residency or owned-infrastructure preference applies
Rent public cloud if…
- ✓Volume is small and zero-ops beats owned economics
Buy appliances if…
- ✓You're standardised on a storage-vendor's boxes
Run Ceph if…
- ✓You have the engineering time and want maximum control
Choose enterprise HCI if…
- ✓Full-stack HCI (not just backup storage) is the need
What does rented backup storage cost you?
Drag the sliders (count protected TB; IT-hour cost as loaded rate). Estimates assume the rented-cloud premium plus ~1 hour per TB per year of meter management, with ~65% of the storage cost recoverable by owning commodity infrastructure at scale — deployment ops offset a portion; model the crossover. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Cyber Infrastructure prices per TB on commodity hardware you provide. TechBag models owned-vs-rented at your volume in one GST quote.
Backup storage
Best for owning the target
- SDS on commodity servers
- Native Cyber Protect target
- Scale by adding nodes
+ HCI / DR
Best for unified DR
- Compute + storage together
- DR workloads on the same kit
- Edge workloads too
+ Cyber Frame
Best for virtualization
- The VMware-alternative direction
- One platform, more of the stack
- TechBag evaluates the fit
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every storage-infrastructure vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
At your TB volume, does owning (Cyber Infrastructure + hardware + ops) beat renting the cloud meter?
It's a scale play — small MSPs may find deploy effort outweighs savings. Model your volume honestly.
Confirm Cyber Protect Cloud writes to it natively — the integration is the advantage over generic storage.
Spin a DR workload up on the HCI — the compute-plus-storage unification, tested.
If residency drives it, confirm your hardware location satisfies the mandate.
It's infrastructure — budget the deployment and ops. The payoff is owned economics, not zero-ops.
If virtualization migration is on your radar, evaluate Cyber Frame's direction now.
Spec the commodity hardware properly — the software-defined economics depend on right-sized nodes.
Questions buyers ask
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Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.