Case Study: ZS Associates cuts disaster recovery times by 80% with RackWare

ZS Associates - Customer Case Study

ZS Associates, a leading global business services firm, faced significant challenges with its disaster recovery strategy. Their previous method of tape backup and image archiving for 20 physical workloads resulted in lengthy recovery times of up to 72 hours. They needed a cost-effective and simple solution to dramatically improve their recovery point and time objectives for their complex, multi-data center environment, leading them to partner with RackWare and implement its Management Module.

RackWare provided an automated disaster recovery solution that was simple to set up and manage. The implementation of RackWare’s software enabled ZS Associates to cut recovery times by 80% to just 12-14 hours and reduce recovery points to 24 hours. The solution also delivered substantial operational savings, reducing the IT resources required to manage DR by an amount equivalent to a full-time employee. RackWare provided a highly effective and efficient disaster recovery strategy that improved overall uptime for the firm's customers.

ZS Associates

Mark Kocour

Associate Principal – Global IT