Case Study: Daktronics achieves 90%+ backup volume reduction and month‑long on-disk retention with Quantum Corporation (DXi & Scalar Series)

Leading Scoreboard Manufacturer Keeps Winning with Quantum

Daktronics, a global leader in electronic scoreboards and large-screen displays, faced rapidly accelerating data growth that outpaced its backup infrastructure—its EMC CLARiiON system routinely failed to finish weekend backups and even an earlier DXi7500 could no longer keep up as backup data grew to roughly 130 TB per week. The company needed a scalable, easy-to-use solution that would restore performance and reliability without adding operational complexity.

Daktronics upgraded to Quantum DXi6700 Series appliances, a Scalar i6000 tape library and Quantum Vision reporting. The solution delivers more than 90% reduction in backup volume through deduplication, enables keeping a full month of backups on disk, and handles about 520 TB/month across three DXi systems with replication to remote sites and offload to tape. The result: faster restores, predictable uptime, and the vendor support Daktronics cites as a key differentiator.

Daktronics

Brian Davis

Backup Administrator