Case Study: The Pensions Trust achieves 98% faster backups with Veeam Backup & Replication

Backup Speed Increases by 98 Percent at Leading UK Pension Organization

The Pensions Trust, a leading UK multi-employer pension fund serving over 140,000 members, faced a critical backup challenge after consolidating most of its infrastructure onto VMware (95% virtualized). Their first-generation backup tool became increasingly unreliable, forcing staff to monitor and troubleshoot nightly and spend hours cleaning storage to keep backups running.

The organization replaced the legacy product with Veeam Backup & Replication, which delivered dramatically faster, more reliable backups and reduced storage needs. Backups that previously took eight to nine hours for an 800 GB file server now complete in about 10 minutes (a 98% speed increase), required far less manual intervention, and use roughly half the backup space (55% vs. 98%), easing operational burden and improving support responsiveness.

The Pensions Trust

Darren Bull

Business Support Manager