Case Study: Sony Network Communications achieves 66% shorter backup windows and 80% reduced backup data with Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery

Sony Network Communications Slashes Backup Window by 66% and Data Volume by 80%

Sony Network Communications, a Tokyo-based ISP (So-net/PostPet) supporting 2,000 VMware virtual machines, needed faster, more reliable backups and restores for customer and system data. The company faced time-consuming manual updates to backup settings, growing data volumes, and a licensing model that risked rising costs and capacity issues.

By deploying Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery with Commvault Professional Services, Sony Network automated VM detection and backup management, achieving an 86% deduplication rate and reducing backup data volume by 80% (400 TB to ~80 TB). Backup windows shrank by 66%, existing storage was maximized, socket-based licensing lowered costs, and IT workload for backup operations was significantly reduced.

Sony Network Communications

Ryohei Kiyoyama

Infrastructure Operation Section, IT Platform Department, System Engineering