Case Study: Mittweida University achieves fast, granular Exchange mailbox recovery with Bacula Systems

Mittweida University Exploits Bacula’s Exchange Backup Performance

Mittweida University needed a reliable, cost-effective backup and recovery solution able to handle diverse data types and, critically, provide granular Microsoft Exchange protection and mailbox-level restores. After outgrowing Bareos, the university evaluated and chose Bacula Systems’ Bacula Enterprise Edition—testing it in a Proof of Concept to confirm it met their requirements for Exchange compatibility, single-mailbox recovery and practical deployment.

Bacula Systems implemented Bacula Enterprise Edition with native Exchange support and the BWeb Management Suite, enabling one-click mailbox restores, recovery of hard-deleted items, and use of existing Exchange backups (including Exchange 2010) without extra metadata. With Bacula Systems’ responsive support and included subscription services, Mittweida University gained instant visibility into Exchange backups, faster mailbox-level recoveries, reliable full/incremental backup workflows, and easier file discovery—allowing them to restore all mailboxes and plan further integration of VTL and NFS into their environment.

Mittweida University

Matthias Lühr

IT Manager