Case Study: First National Bank of Hutchinson cuts backup times and boosts dedupe with ExaGrid

First National Bank of Hutchinson cuts backup times by 50% with ExaGrid

First National Bank of Hutchinson was struggling with lengthy and unreliable tape backups, which exceeded its 12-hour backup window and forced the bank to neglect full backups of some servers. Attempting to solve this by enabling deduplication within its Veritas Backup Exec software also failed, delivering poor speed and only a 5:1 deduplication ratio. The bank turned to ExaGrid based on a recommendation from its technology partner CDW.

ExaGrid provided a dedicated backup storage appliance that integrated tightly with the bank's existing Veritas software. The solution dramatically reduced backup times by over 50%, completing all backups in under 11 hours, and increased deduplication ratios to 27:1. This allowed First National Bank of Hutchinson to increase its retention period and securely scale for future data growth.

First National Bank of Hutchinson