Re-architecting Production Resilience for a Leading Tyre Manufacturer with Airtel Cloud
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May 18, 2026
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2 min read
The client was a leading Indian multinational tyre manufacturing enterprise. With an annual production exceeding 48 million tyres and a daily manufacturing capacity of over 800 tonnes, the company produces a comprehensive range of tyres for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, agricultural machinery, and two-wheelers across multiple state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in India.
Problem Statement
The manufacturer was facing significant risks to their operational continuity due to infrastructure limitations:
- Single point of failure: Leading to a risk of production continuity due to a single Data Center (DC) and operations running on isolated OT networks with MIS (Windows + SQL) and MES systems.
- 0 real-time replication: Stemming from a lack of network redundancy and the absence of an automated failover mechanism.
- Legacy & non-replicable workflows: Critical operations were running on physical servers, leading to complex recovery processes and severe downtime exposure.
Airtel’s Solution
We designed and deployed a comprehensive disaster recovery and connectivity framework:
- Eliminate single point of failure: Implemented a Hybrid DR architecture featuring a geographically separate DR site (Airtel Manesar DC) and an independent infrastructure backbone.
- Real-time replication & automated failover: Enabled continuous Virtual Machine (VM) and database replication with fully orchestrated failover/failback capabilities.
- End-to-End (e2e) connectivity offering: Leveraged private 5G for seamless data transfer, providing an additional layer of network resilience.
- Fully managed DR governance: Delivered comprehensive SLA-backed managed services, including 24×7 monitoring, bi-annual DR drills, and strict compliance reporting.
The Impact
- Guaranteed Business Continuity: Eliminated the single point of failure, ensuring that manufacturing operations are no longer dependent on a single facility.
- Minimized Downtime Exposure: Replaced complex legacy recovery processes with automated failovers, drastically reducing recovery time objectives (RTO).
- Enhanced Network Resilience: Secure, uninterrupted data transfer between the primary site and the DR site via a dedicated private 5G network.
Conclusion
By partnering with Airtel, the tyre manufacturer successfully modernized its legacy infrastructure and mitigated severe production risks. The transition to a Hybrid DR architecture equipped with real-time replication and private 5G connectivity bridged the gap between isolated OT networks and modern resilience standards. Ultimately, this strategic upgrade established a highly secure, fully managed foundation to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing operations.