Case Study: Seneca Companies achieves faster, more efficient backups with ExaGrid

Seneca Companies cuts backup windows from 30 hours to 8 hours with ExaGrid

Seneca Companies, a full-service provider of petroleum and industrial systems, faced a critical challenge with its aging tape backup solution. Long backup windows, frequent errors, and concerns over disaster recovery prompted a search for a new system. They selected ExaGrid's Tiered Backup Storage to replace their tape library.

ExaGrid implemented a disk-based backup system that integrated seamlessly with Seneca's existing Veritas Backup Exec application. The solution dramatically reduced their longest backup job from 30 hours to just 8 hours and achieved a data deduplication ratio of 23.02:1. This provided significant annual cost savings, eliminated thousands in tape expenses, and reclaimed 3-4 hours of IT management time each week for the staff at Seneca Companies.

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