Case Study: David Weekley Homes reduces backup times and speeds restores with ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage

David Weekley Homes cuts backup times by 75% with ExaGrid

David Weekley Homes, a large national home builder, faced challenges with its costly and unreliable tape-based backup system managed by a hosting provider. After switching to a co-location facility, the company needed a more dependable and faster data protection solution that could integrate with its existing Veritas Backup Exec software. They selected the ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage solution to address these issues.

By implementing ExaGrid's disk backup with deduplication, David Weekley Homes achieved a 75% reduction in backup times. The ExaGrid system provided seamless integration, fast restores, and excellent customer support. The solution's data deduplication reduced their required disk space by a ratio as high as 24:1, and its scalable architecture ensures the system can grow with the company's future data needs.

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