Case Study: USA Risk Group achieves faster, more reliable backups with ExaGrid

USA Risk Group improves backup performance with ExaGrid and 14:1 combined deduplication

USA Risk Group, an independent risk advisor managing insurance programs for Fortune 500 companies, faced significant challenges with its disaster recovery strategy. Their previous tape-based backup system was unreliable, and expanding backup windows were threatening network performance. They needed a faster, more reliable solution to ensure critical client data was protected and recoverable. The company chose a disk-based backup appliance from ExaGrid to address these concerns.

ExaGrid implemented its tiered backup storage solution with a unique landing zone, which works in tandem with the Veeam backup application. This approach allowed backups to run quickly to disk before deduplication processing began. The result was significantly faster backup speeds and a more reliable recovery process. Furthermore, the ExaGrid system’s scalable, backward-compatible architecture ensured USA Risk Group could easily expand its storage capacity without costly upgrades, providing long-term investment protection and eliminating their previous worries about data backups.

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