Case Study: University Medical Center Tucson achieves major SQL backup compression savings with Idera SQL Safe Backup

University Medical Center Maximizes File Compression and Saves on Storage with Idera’s SQL safe

Banner – University Medical Center Tucson needed a faster, more scalable SQL Server backup and recovery solution as its 122 instances grew and storage demands increased. The hospital also wanted to reduce backup time, avoid blocking on busy systems, and cut the space required for backups. It chose Idera’s SQL Safe Backup to support its clinical, EHR, and ICU Critical Care databases.

With Idera’s SQL Safe Backup, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson centralized backup monitoring, improved compression, and reduced backup files by hundreds of gigabytes within a week. The largest critical care backup dropped from about 1 TB to 275 GB, helping delay additional off-site storage purchases. Idera also helped reduce backup time by up to 50 percent, achieve 68 percent compression on a half-terabyte database in about 30 minutes, and avoid network-related backup failures.

University Medical Center

Tom Ryan

Database Administrator