Case Study: Akron Central School District achieves over 50% faster backups with ExaGrid's disk backup and deduplication solution

Akron, New York School District Reduces Backup Times With ExaGrid’s Disk Backup With Deduplication Solution

Akron Central School District, part of New York’s Eries 1 BOCES servicing roughly 74,441 students across 20 districts, faced growing data demands and unreliable, time-consuming tape backups—full backups could take up to 22 hours and required intensive tape management. The district needed a faster, more scalable alternative to meet backup windows and reduce operational overhead.

Akron deployed ExaGrid’s disk-based backup appliance with post-process deduplication alongside Symantec Backup Exec, cutting full backup time from 22 hours to about 10 hours (over a 50% reduction), greatly reducing tape reliance and maximizing disk usage through 10:1 to 50:1 dedupe ratios. The turnkey solution delivered faster, more reliable backups and responsive vendor support, while lowering storage costs and simplifying backup administration.

Akron Central School District

David Maurer

Systems Administrator