Case Study: Ashfield School safeguards student learning and restores systems in minutes with Arcserve Appliance

Ashfield School safeguards student learning with Arcserve Appliance

Ashfield School, part of the Two Counties Trust and one of the UK’s largest single-site schools (2,520 students, 360 staff), faced a critical backup challenge: 35 TB of data that could take up to five days to back up, leaving exam and coursework data—and daily teaching—vulnerable to loss or downtime.

After a proof of concept, the Trust deployed Arcserve Appliance 8400, deduping 35 TB to 10 TB, running automated overnight incremental backups and replicating data across three Trust schools plus an off-site appliance. The solution delivers minute‑level recovery by spinning up virtual servers, reduces storage costs and downtime risk, and frees the IT team to focus on higher‑value tasks, safeguarding student outcomes.

Ashfield School

David Draper

ICT Manager