Case Study: Radboud Universiteit reduces backup windows from one day to one hour with ExaGrid and Veeam

Radboud Universiteit cuts backup window from 24 hours to one hour with ExaGrid

Radboud Universiteit, a traditional general university in the Netherlands, faced significant challenges with its outdated backup solution. Its previous system, IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM), was too slow and cumbersome to maintain, resulting in a 24-hour backup window that was difficult to complete. The university sought a new solution and chose to implement Veeam backup software with ExaGrid as its backup storage target.

By implementing ExaGrid's tiered backup storage, the university achieved a dramatic reduction in its backup window. The solution decreased the time required for backup jobs from 24 hours to just over one hour. ExaGrid provided a rock-solid, scalable system that seamlessly integrated with Veeam, enabling quick and easy restores. This resulted in a more efficient IT team that could focus on other priorities and gave the systems administrator peace of mind.

Radboud Universiteit

Adriaan Smits

Senior Systems Administrator