Case Study: NGK-LOCKE achieves faster backups and longer retention with ExaGrid

NGK-locke, INC boosts backup retention 6x and cuts 12-hour jobs to 2 hours with ExaGrid

NGK-LOCKE, INC., a manufacturer of silicone polymer insulators, was facing challenges with its legacy disk-based backup solution, including limited one-week retention and backup jobs that ran up to twelve hours, which slowed down its network during business hours. The company sought a new solution that would work with its existing infrastructure and Veritas Backup Exec software, leading them to the vendor ExaGrid.

By implementing ExaGrid's disk-based backup appliance with data deduplication, NGK-LOCKE achieved a six-fold increase in retention, now keeping six weeks of data readily available. Backup times were drastically reduced from twelve hours to just two, eliminating network slowdowns. The solution provided deduplication ratios as high as 22:1 and integrated seamlessly with their existing systems, delivering a significant and measurable impact on their operations.

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