Case Study: Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District reduces backup windows and boosts deduplication with ExaGrid

Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District cuts backup windows from a weekend to 8 hours with ExaGrid

Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District was facing significant challenges with its outdated tape-based backup system. The process was manual and time-consuming, with full backups taking all weekend to complete. This system also provided limited retention and failed at a critical time, prompting the district to seek a disk-based backup solution compatible with their Veritas Backup Exec software. They chose to implement the ExaGrid disk-based backup system with data deduplication.

The ExaGrid solution dramatically reduced the district's backup window from a weekend to just eight hours and achieved deduplication ratios as high as 53:1. The installation was quick and management was easy, freeing up the IT staff. The district also benefited from ExaGrid's proactive customer support. This implementation provided a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective backup process, eliminating the previous reliance on tape.

Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District