Case Study: SAS International achieves fast, secure global file access and 50% lower data protection costs with Nasuni

How Traditional File Storage Flaws Drove SAS International to Enterprise File Services

SAS International, a U.K.-based designer and manufacturer of high-end metalwork with about 1,000 employees across multiple U.K. sites and global projects, was struggling with aging file servers, growing capacity constraints, slow remote access, and a slow, costly backup process. A server failure that caused four days of production downtime accelerated its search for a replacement that could extend fast access to remote offices, improve mobile collaboration, and reduce reliance on tape-based backups.

SAS moved its unstructured data to Nasuni’s cloud-native file services, gaining unlimited scale, local caching for high-performance distributed access, continuous versioning with a 15-minute RTO, and customer-key encryption. The change centralized management, enabled real-time collaboration and mobile editing, retired tape drives and Backup Exec licenses, and cut data protection costs by about 50%, while eliminating the risk of extended production outages.

SAS International

James Greene

Group IT Manager