Case Study: Bethlehem Central School District achieves rapid ransomware recovery and peace of mind with Unitrends Backup Appliance

Bethlehem Central School District - Customer Case Study

Bethlehem Central School District, an upstate New York district serving about 5,000 students and 800 staff, struggled with a slow, management-heavy Symantec-to-tape backup system that made restores awkward, error-prone and time-consuming. The IT team needed reliable protection for physical Windows servers, Microsoft SQL and Cisco VOIP configuration files, plus a defense against accidental deletions, hardware failures and ransomware threats.

The district replaced tape with a Unitrends Recovery 822 disk-based backup appliance (agents included), enabling fast bare-metal restores and easy recovery of files, emails and system images. The appliance handled multiple ransomware incidents quickly and reliably, reduced administrative stress, improved user uptime, and delivered proactive support (including next-day drive replacement) — in short, faster recoveries and peace of mind.

Bethlehem Central School District

Gary Halbedel

Network Administrator