Case Study: Harvard Medical School protects 80TB of research data with Retrospect Backup

Low-Field Imaging Laboratory at Harvard Medical School Protects 80TB with Retrospect Backup

The Low-Field Imaging Laboratory at Harvard Medical School faced challenges protecting 80TB of research data across a heterogeneous environment of Windows, Linux, and Mac systems, including roaming laptops. Without dedicated IT staff, the lab needed a robust and affordable solution to manage these large, decentralized data volumes for its machine learning projects. They turned to Retrospect for its Retrospect Backup solution.

By implementing Retrospect Backup, the lab gained seamless protection for its entire environment. The solution's ProactiveAI feature efficiently managed backups for roaming laptops and large servers. Retrospect provided reliable, scalable data protection, which successfully saved the lab from data loss on several occasions, including a complete restoration of a scientist's accidentally deleted files, all at an affordable price point for their budget.

Harvard Medical School

Matthew Rosen

Director of Low-Field Imaging Laboratory