Case Study: Grand Island Central School District achieves reliable backup storage and disaster recovery with ExaGrid

Grand Island Central School District restores data in 5 to 10 minutes with ExaGrid

Grand Island Central School District (GICSD) needed a reliable backup storage solution that could complete its nightly backup jobs within the scheduled window and provide robust disaster recovery. The K-12 school district was using Veritas Backup Exec and sought a system that was both easy to use and well-supported to protect its data.

ExaGrid implemented its tiered backup storage system, which includes a disk-cache landing zone for fast backups and restores. The solution provided GICSD with consistent on-schedule backups, easy data restoration, and seamless system upgrades. By adding a second ExaGrid appliance for offsite replication, the district established a complete disaster recovery strategy, giving the team peace of mind with a system that requires minimal oversight.

Grand Island Central School District