Case Study: Ipswich Borough Council Shortens Backup Times and Speeds Restores with ExaGrid

Ipswich Borough Council speeds VMware restores to 10 minutes with ExaGrid

Ipswich Borough Council faced a significant challenge with its tape-based backup system, which required nearly 24 hours to complete nightly backups and was prone to frequent failures. This left their data inadequately protected and consumed excessive IT resources. Seeking a more reliable and efficient solution, the council turned to ExaGrid for its tiered backup storage system.

By implementing a two-site ExaGrid system that integrated with their existing Veritas Backup Exec software, the council achieved dramatic improvements. The solution provided data deduplication rates as high as 61:1, drastically shortening backup times and enabling twice-daily backups of critical systems. Most notably, restores that previously took half a day were completed in minutes. ExaGrid delivered a robust, scalable disaster recovery solution that eliminated their reliance on tape and freed up the IT team to focus on more important tasks.

Ipswich Borough Council

Howard Gaskin

IT Infrastructure Manager