Case Study: Port of New Orleans achieves centralized, cloud-based data protection and 30-minute backups with Druva Phoenix

Port of New Orleans Streamlines Critical Data Protection

The Port of New Orleans, a major U.S. gateway moving over 30 million tons of cargo and more than 1 million cruise passengers annually, struggled with an aging, manual backup system that caused long restore times, dispersed off‑site data, productivity bottlenecks, and heightened security and compliance risks (including Homeland Security and Coast Guard requirements) plus vulnerability to natural disasters.

By deploying Druva Phoenix for cloud-based backup and disaster recovery across on‑prem and Hyper‑V environments, the port centralized data visibility and management, cut backups and restores from 4–8 hours to 30 minutes or less (with some restores now taking seconds), enabled end users to self-restore after minutes of training, reduced IT help calls by 60–70%, and gained built-in security and cloud compliance.

Port of New Orleans

David Cordell

Chief Technology Officer