Case Study: Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. achieves 3x faster database backups and reduced OpEx with Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service (Oracle)

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Cuts Operating Expense with Oracle PaaS

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (Tata Power‑DDL), a Tata Group utility serving about 7 million customers in North and Northwest Delhi, relied on EMC LTO tape drives and daily courier shipments of up to 15 tapes for offsite backups. That process was slow, costly, exposed sensitive consumer data to transit risk, and made regulatory compliance and fast disaster recovery difficult—so the company needed a more secure, automated solution to shorten backup/restore windows and reduce operating expense.

Tata Power‑DDL adopted Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service, replacing physical tapes with a cloud backup platform that delivered 3x faster backups (11 vs. 32 hours) and 8x faster restores (5.5 vs. 40 hours), saved roughly US$10,000 by eliminating tapes, courier costs and several staff roles, and provided 24/7 internet access, stronger encryption/compression, reduced breach risk, and virtually unlimited scalable capacity. The configuration took four days and went live in 15 days, freeing IT to focus on strategic work and enabling future expansion to other applications.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Amit Taneja

Manager