Case Study: Hologic achieves 65% faster backups and 70% less daily backup management with ExaGrid

Hologic Upgrades to ExaGrid and Veeam for Reliable and Scalable Backup Storage

Hologic, a Massachusetts‑based global healthcare and diagnostics company, faced a fragmented and unreliable backup environment that used multiple products (Dell DR appliances, IBM TSM, Veritas NetBackup and others). Their enterprise backups often exceeded 24 hours, storage utilization hit performance‑degrading levels, nightly replication couldn’t keep up, and IT staff spent significant time daily monitoring and managing backups.

After a parallel POC with Veeam and ExaGrid, Hologic deployed Veeam with ExaGrid’s scale‑out appliances and landing zone. The integrated solution restored consistent performance and replication, delivering an ~65% shorter backup window (now 8–9 hours), about 70% less daily backup management, a combined dedupe ratio around 11:1, instant restores in ~80 seconds, and responsive vendor support.

Hologic

Mike Le

System Administrator II