Case Study: Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) achieves 70%+ shorter backup windows and hours‑faster restores with ExaGrid

Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) Selects ExaGrid and Veeam

Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (BHIC) is the leading genealogical and archives center for North Brabant, Netherlands, serving municipalities, water boards, institutions and the public. BHIC struggled with tape-based backups that caused growing backup windows, cancelled jobs, slow restores and difficulty testing server changes as their previous backup license was ending.

BHIC replaced tape with an ExaGrid and Veeam solution, benefiting from tight integration and heavy deduplication (combined ratios up to 10:1). Backups shrank dramatically—daily backups from six hours to about one hour and weekend jobs from 16 hours to under five—delivering a 70%+ reduction in backup window, restores that are “hours” faster, roughly 30% less admin time, and greater reliability and easier management through a single console and responsive support.

Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum

Alex Vlekken

IT Engineer