Case Study: Bradford College achieves rapid data recovery and minimized downtime with Arcserve Backup

Bradford College Safeguards learning experiences for 23,000 Students with Arcserve Backup

Bradford College, the fourth largest college in the UK with over 23,000 students, needed to ensure round‑the‑clock access to teaching materials and student services. To avoid disruption from hardware failures, accidental deletions or data corruption—and to meet data‑protection obligations—the college required fast, reliable disaster recovery and minimal IT downtime.

Since 2001 Bradford has used arcserve Backup (upgraded to r15) to protect 50+ Windows, Exchange and SharePoint servers, with nightly tape backups stored offsite, automatic backups from remote sites, and reporting/alerts for failed jobs. The solution enables minute‑to‑minute restores for individual files and rapid recovery from major incidents (recovering a full server from tape in hours), helping the college maximize data availability, safeguard student and financial data, and prevent disruption to teaching and learning.

Bradford College

Belal Sayed

IT Manager