Case Study: Manatee County Rural Health achieves fast, reliable backups and disaster recovery replication with ExaGrid

Medical Group Replicates Data for Disaster Recovery Using ExaGrid

Manatee County Rural Health Services (MCRHS) is a not‑for‑profit medical group serving 20 locations in Manatee and nearby Florida counties and is Joint Commission‑accredited. Its IT team was burdened by unreliable, extremely long backup jobs (some exceeding 90 hours) and a SAN that ran out of space, prompting a search for a more dependable, scalable disaster‑recovery solution.

MCRHS deployed a two‑site ExaGrid appliance solution integrated with Symantec Backup Exec, using post‑process deduplication and zone‑level replication to the DR site 50 miles away. The change delivered a 14:1 dedupe ratio, dramatic performance improvements (one job reduced from 90+ hours to eight hours), nightly completion of all backups by 7:00 a.m., reduced admin time, and easy scalability and support for future growth.

Manatee County Rural Health

Charlene Harsch

Sr. Systems Administrator