Case Study: City of Ft. Lauderdale cuts backup times in half with ExaGrid

City of Ft. Lauderdale cuts backup times by 50% with ExaGrid

The City of Ft. Lauderdale was facing significant challenges with its outdated tape backup system, which resulted in backup jobs failing to complete within the allotted nightly window and severely impacting network performance. This situation jeopardized the city's ability to properly protect its data. To address this, the city selected a disk-based backup system with data deduplication from ExaGrid, implemented alongside Veritas NetBackup software.

By deploying the ExaGrid system, the City of Ft. Lauderdale cut its nightly backup times in half and reduced the duration of full backups from 48 hours to just 12 hours. The solution also enabled restores to be completed in minutes instead of the hours previously required to retrieve physical tapes. ExaGrid provided a scalable, cost-effective solution that ensured reliable and efficient backups with superior support.

City of Ft. Lauderdale