Case Study: Ellington Public Schools achieves 81% reduction in TCO with Druva

Ellington Public Schools chooses Druva for cloud-native data protection of virtual machines

Ellington Public Schools, a Connecticut district serving 2,700 students and 500 staff, needed a reliable, cost‑effective cloud-first backup solution after daily failures and rising costs with its Barracuda VM backups left the district vulnerable and stretched its taxpayer-funded IT budget. With no robust disaster recovery in place and a mandate to move away from on‑premises infrastructure, the IT team sought a transparent, cloud-native provider that could simplify VM protection and reduce ongoing management overhead.

They selected Druva for its cloud-native, single-pane backup and restore capabilities, rapid deduplication and migration (2.43x global dedupe), and strong support during rollout. Results include an 81% reduction in total cost of ownership versus Barracuda, 75% less time spent managing backups, one-click global DR and automated reporting, and the ability to fully recover a VM in about three hours.

Ellington Public Schools

Brett Schwartz

Network Engineer