Case Study: Premiere Networks achieves 50% faster VM backups and restores with Druva Phoenix

Premiere Networks speeds VM backup and restore by 50% with Druva Phoenix

Premiere Networks, part of Katz Media Group and an iHeartMedia subsidiary reaching 245 million people monthly, had consolidated its data center to ~200 VMs and moved from tape to two on‑premises Dell EMC Avamar grids. As audio volumes grew, Avamar’s escalating maintenance costs (about $100k/year and an estimated $800k five‑year TCO) plus frequent hardware issues and daily backup management by a lean IT team created a costly, time‑consuming burden.

Premiere migrated backups to Druva Phoenix to protect 80 TB across ~200 VMs and eight servers, using Druva CloudCache to keep 10 days of data onsite and weekly dashboard reports to eliminate manual checks. The move cut backup management time by 80%, delivered 50% faster backups and restores versus Avamar, reduced five‑year TCO, removed hardware/software maintenance, and accelerated the company’s cloud migration.

Premiere Networks

Matt Wade

Senior Network Engineer