Case Study: EDENS achieves reliable, scalable Veeam-integrated backups and rapid restores with ExaGrid

EDENS Upgrades Infrastructure, Chooses ExaGrid after Comparison to Dell EMC Data Domain

EDENS, a national owner and operator of more than 120 community shopping centers, needed to modernize its backup infrastructure after a CryptoLocker incident and years of cumbersome local backups (NetApp, Robocopy, and consumer-grade devices) across multiple regional and remote offices. With a newly virtualized environment and Veeam in place, Director of Technology Infrastructure Robert McCown sought a reliable, scalable appliance that would integrate with Veeam and simplify remote backups and disaster recovery.

After evaluating Dell EMC, EDENS selected ExaGrid for its Veeam integration, purpose-built backup design, and scale-out architecture. ExaGrid appliances were quick to deploy at remote sites and replicate to the DR center, delivering faster backups and restores, efficient deduplication, predictable growth without forklift upgrades, and renewed confidence in recoverability—allowing EDENS to phase out older NAS solutions over time.

Edens

Robert McCown

Director of Technology Infrastructure