Case Study: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation shortens backup windows with ExaGrid

VSAC shortens backups and restores in 15 minutes with ExaGrid

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) faced a significant challenge with its lengthy backup process, which relied on slow tape drives and could take nearly 20 hours to complete. Seeking a more efficient and cost-effective disk-based solution, VSAC evaluated several options and chose to implement a backup storage system from ExaGrid due to its performance, scalability, and seamless integration with their existing Veritas Backup Exec software.

By deploying ExaGrid's tiered backup storage, VSAC achieved dramatically shorter backup windows, with jobs completing in minutes instead of hours. The solution also provided strong data deduplication, with ratios as high as 30:1, and enabled much faster restores. The ExaGrid system was easy to install and scale, and the customer received exceptional support from a dedicated engineer, making the overall implementation a success.

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (vsac)