Case Study: DTLR achieves scalable, cost-effective backup retention and faster restores with ExaGrid

DTLR Chooses ExaGrid over Data Domain for Price and Scalability

DTLR, a leading urban-fashion retailer operating across the East Coast and Midwest, faced limitations with its legacy disk-to-disk-to-tape backup approach that only kept 2–3 days of data onsite and made restores slow and cumbersome. Evaluating alternatives, the company sought a solution that would increase onsite retention, speed restores, and scale without large up-front hardware upgrades.

DTLR implemented ExaGrid’s scale-out backup system with zone-level deduplication, which dramatically reduced storage needs (10:1–50:1) and cut costs versus standard drives, while allowing buy-as-you-grow expansion and eliminating forklift upgrades. The easy installation and hands-on ExaGrid support delivered faster, more reliable restores, greater onsite retention, and an empowered IT team—yielding improved performance and lower long-term cost.

DTLR

John Orsini

Senior Manager of Network and Security Technologies