Case Study: California Public Utilities Commission reduces backup time and storage costs with Nexsan Assureon

California Public Utilities Commission cuts daily backup storage by 5-6TB with Nexsan

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) faced a significant challenge with its inefficient and disorganized storage infrastructure. With 1,500 users and no official data retention policy, high-value data was scattered, backups were slow, and file duplicates were prevalent. CPUC needed a solution to secure this data, automate archiving, and manage long-term retention. They selected the Assureon secure archive storage solution from vendor Nexsan to address these issues.

By deploying Nexsan's Assureon system, CPUC optimized its backups and safeguarded its data. The solution reduced daily backup storage requirements by 5-6TB and cut backup completion time by eight hours. This saved significant time, resources, and operating costs. Nexsan's technology also freed up server capacity and allowed several new legislative projects to be supported using existing storage, eliminating the need for additional purchases.

California Public Utilities Commission