Case Study: Kingston Technology achieves faster, more reliable data protection with ExaGrid and Veeam

Kingston Technology cuts backup windows from days to hours with ExaGrid

The City of Kingston, a municipality in Ontario, Canada, faced challenges with an unreliable backup solution using HPE StoreOnce and tape. Their backups were sluggish, taking over 24 hours, and restores were difficult, often forcing IT staff to rebuild servers from scratch due to system failures. They sought a new data protection solution and engaged vendor ExaGrid, evaluating its tiered backup storage system alongside Veeam backup software.

ExaGrid implemented a system at two city sites, integrating seamlessly with both Veeam and their existing Micro Focus Data Protector. The solution drastically reduced backup windows from days to just a few hours and enabled reliable server restores in under thirty minutes. ExaGrid's performance and dedicated support gave IT staff confidence in their data protection, removing previous worries about recovery during an outage.

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