Case Study: Cardinal Newman High School recovers from wildfire with Retrospect Backup

Retrospect Backup Helps Cardinal Newman High School Recover from California Wildfire

Cardinal Newman High School, a Catholic college preparatory school in Northern California, faced the challenge of protecting its critical data, including thirty years of student transcripts, with a small IT budget. The school's IT Director, Dirk Bietau, needed a reliable and affordable offsite backup solution to guard against disasters like the wildfires that frequently threaten the region. The school implemented Retrospect Backup to address this need.

Using Retrospect Backup, the school established a simple 3-2-1 strategy with rotating external hard drives stored offsite. This solution proved its immense value when the devastating Tubbs fire destroyed half of the school's campus. Because the Retrospect backups had been taken offsite, the school's 300 GB of data was completely safe and could be fully restored, ensuring no loss of its vital historical records. The school continues to rely on the affordable and dependable protection provided by Retrospect.

Cardinal Newman High School

Dirk Bietau

IT Director