Case Study: Barneys New York achieves a 65% reduction in backup window with ExaGrid

Barneys NY Reduces Backup Window by 65% with ExaGrid

Barneys New York, a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City and beyond, was struggling with persistent tape library failures, long backup windows that crept into the workday, missed backups, and rising tape-related costs. The IT team sought a faster, more reliable disk-based solution that would integrate with their existing Symantec Backup Exec environment without a steep learning curve.

They deployed a two-site ExaGrid system with nightly replication for disaster recovery and seamless Backup Exec integration. ExaGrid’s ability to run 20–30 concurrent jobs and perform post-process deduplication delivered a 65% reduction in backup window (shaving 5–6 hours nightly), a 25:1 deduplication ratio at the Lyndhurst site, much faster restores, lower tape costs, and simpler administration and scalability.

Barneys New York

Michael Costa

Systems Administrator