Case Study: Seneca Gaming achieves dependable multi-site backups and rapid restores with ExaGrid

Seneca Gaming Chooses Multi-Site ExaGrid for Dependable Backups and Restores

Seneca Gaming Corporation, a $2 billion operator of three gaming and entertainment facilities in Western New York with over 4,200 employees, was struggling with a failing disk-based backup system that caused hardware issues and data loss. The IT team needed a more reliable, scalable solution to ensure consistent nightly backups and improved disaster recovery across multiple sites.

Seneca deployed eight ExaGrid units across its Niagara Falls, Allegany, and Buffalo Creek locations, integrated with Symantec Backup Exec for local backups and automatic cross-site replication. The ExaGrid GRID architecture provided scalable performance, zone-level deduplication (delivering 8:1 to 15:1 ratios), significantly reduced backup windows, much faster restores, simpler administration, and dependable customer support—allowing Seneca to maximize retention and strengthen disaster recovery.

Seneca Gaming

Edward Pierce

Operations Technician