Case Study: Nordex SE reduces backup times by 50% and simplifies data management with Cohesity DataProtect

Nordex Simplifies Data Management and Reduces Backup Times by 50% with Cohesity

Nordex, a global wind‑turbine manufacturer headquartered in Hamburg, needed a modern, fast and compliant way to protect growing volumes of distributed data. Its legacy tape-based and fragmented backup architecture caused long restore times, left some physical servers unprotected and failed to meet ISO 27001 audit requirements, so the company sought a unified, easy‑to‑manage backup and restore solution.

Nordex deployed Cohesity DataProtect (with partner SVA and HPE hardware) to consolidate backups for Exchange, M365, SQL, NetApp, SAP HANA and VMware on a single platform. Strong deduplication reduced overall source data by ~50% (up to 100:1 for some SQL workloads), cutting backup times in half, enabling low‑bandwidth replication, instant mass restore and ransomware resilience. The solution also delivered zero‑cost clones for a segregated test environment, simplified daily reporting and scalability across Nordex’s 110 sites, improving compliance and lowering recovery risk.

Nordex SE

Oliver Koop

Head of Corporate IT Systems Management