Case Study: Plymouth Marine Laboratory achieves reliable, unlimited-throughput backups of tens of terabytes with Loadbalancer.org

Plymouth Marine Laboratory safeguards critical research data with Loadbalancer.org and Dell EMC

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, a UK marine research institute, needed to back up huge volumes of research data to a Dell EMC ECS object storage platform but found the initially proposed load balancer imposed throughput limits that would prevent timely backups. The lab selected Loadbalancer.org and deployed the virtualized Loadbalancer.org Enterprise VA MAX to meet its high-throughput, scalable load‑balancing requirements.

Loadbalancer.org implemented the Enterprise VA MAX quickly (installed in under an hour) and provided Dell EMC–specific configuration advice; because Loadbalancer.org does not restrict throughput, Plymouth Marine Laboratory can reliably transfer and back up tens of terabytes overnight, remove bottlenecks, and absorb unexpected traffic spikes. The deployment delivers unlimited throughput, consistent daily backups, and the option to load balance other IT systems at competitive cost.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Gary Holder

Head of Information Technology Group