Case Study: University of Maryland achieves full VMware backups in under one hour with NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Research Centre at the University of Maryland Backs Up VMware VMs in Under 1 Hour with NAKIVO

The Centre for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modelling (CSCAMM) at the University of Maryland supports interdisciplinary research and runs a mixed Windows/Linux VMware environment hosting Exchange, Active Directory, web servers and user files. Protecting years of accumulated research data and ensuring 24x7 access for faculty, staff, students and visitors made fast, reliable VM backups a critical operational challenge.

CSCAMM uses NAKIVO Backup & Replication deployed on a standalone appliance that integrates with VMware, runs incremental daily backups and can store copies onsite, offsite or in the cloud. The solution backs up the entire infrastructure in under one hour, enables instant file recovery in under a minute, and provides secondary backup copies for extra resilience—delivering faster restores and steady, low‑maintenance protection.

University of Maryland

Andrew Arensburger

IT Manager