Case Study: Top US Research University achieves 83% backup storage savings with Altaro VM Backup

Top US Research University makes space savings of 83% in its backup storage thanks to Altaro’s augmented inline deduplication

A top US research university in Cambridge, MA (12,607 employees) needed a replacement for vSphere Data Protection that would provide client-less VMware VM backups, full compatibility with vSphere 6.7, snapshot support and cost-effective licensing without requiring new hardware. The IT team also wanted reliable, responsive support and a solution that wouldn’t force unwanted feature bundles or higher costs.

They implemented Altaro VM Backup, whose Augmented Inline Deduplication reduced 10.14 TB of backed-up data to 1.72 TB — an 83% storage saving — while improving backup and restore speeds and lowering bandwidth use. The solution delivered vSphere 6.7 compatibility, client-less operation, snapshot handling, fair pricing and fast, helpful support, leading the university’s Senior Systems Support Engineer to call Altaro “a partner rather than a vendor.”