Case Study: Greenwich Central School District achieves scalable, longer-retention backups with ExaGrid

Greenwich Central School District expands backup retention to 25 days with ExaGrid and 40:1 deduplication

The Greenwich Central School District, a school system in New York, faced a critical capacity issue with its existing Dell EMC backup-to-disk system. Data growth was forcing a costly forklift upgrade and the IT staff had to temporarily reduce retention periods to free up space. They needed a more scalable and cost-effective backup solution, which led them to the vendor ExaGrid.

ExaGrid implemented its tiered backup storage system with adaptive data deduplication. The solution provided deduplication ratios as high as 40:1, enabling longer retention of 25 days and eliminating the need for a forklift upgrade. The measurable impact was significant cost savings, as the district could purchase two ExaGrid appliances for offsite and local storage for the price of one Dell EMC device, providing peace of mind that backups were completing successfully every night.

Greenwich Central School District