Case Study: State Bank of Hawley reduces dependence on tape and strengthens disaster recovery with ExaGrid

State Bank of Hawley Reduces Dependence on Tape, Establishes a More Reliable Disaster Recovery Solution via ExaGrid’s Disk-Based Backup with Deduplication System

State Bank of Hawley, a community bank with branches in Hawley and Moorhead, MN, was relying on daily tape backups and a daily courier shuffle between branches for offsite disaster recovery—an inefficient process that limited retention and reliability. Seeking better data protection and reduced storage needs, the bank evaluated deduplication-based alternatives.

They deployed ExaGrid’s disk‑based, GRID‑scale backup appliance alongside Symantec Backup Exec, gaining post‑process deduplication and site-to-site replication. The result: faster backups and shorter windows, roughly 25:1 deduplication ratios, reduced dependence on tape, more reliable disaster recovery, efficient replication between branches, and a scalable system that grows with their data.

State Bank of Hawley

Rich Ulven

Assistant Vice President and IT Officer