Case Study: University of Leicester reduces backup costs and eliminates single points of failure with Cloudian HyperStore and Commvault

University of Leicester cuts storage space by 50% with Cloudian

The University of Leicester, a leading UK university, faced a significant challenge in its backup infrastructure where the loss of a single media server could disrupt all backup and restore operations for weeks. To eliminate this critical single point of failure, the university sought a new solution and chose to deploy Cloudian’s HyperStore S3-compatible object storage system.

By implementing Cloudian's software-defined storage on HPE Apollo servers, the university created a robust, fault-tolerant environment. This solution from Cloudian eliminated the single point of failure, simplified the backup process, and reduced storage space requirements by 50%. The IT team also expects to save approximately 25% in data storage costs once fully deployed across all three data centers.

University of Leicester