Case Study: A Global Biopharmaceutical Company achieves faster backups, major cost savings and near-instant restores with Quantum Corporation's DXi and Scalar solution

DXi Anchors Comprehensive Data Protection Solution for Global Biopharmaceutical Company

A global biopharmaceutical company with 1,100 employees across 28 offices faced rapidly growing data volumes and regulatory “infinite retention” requirements that overwhelmed its aging tape infrastructure. Backups were running 24/7, restores could take days when tapes were offsite, and tape costs exceeded $10,000 per month while IT staff spent hours daily managing recoveries and failed jobs.

The company deployed an all‑Quantum solution—DXi Series appliances (including DXi8500, DXi6550/6540/6520), a Scalar i500 tape library, vmPRO and Vision software, and NetBackup OST—which cut backup windows in half and made restores near‑instant. Deduplication rates reached as high as 99.1%, reducing tape usage by ~10x and saving about $100,000 annually, while centralized management and efficient replication saved roughly four months of administration time per year and provided a scalable, tiered data‑protection infrastructure.