Case Study: Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd achieves 95% faster file recovery with Veeam Backup & Replication (Veeam)

File Recovery Speed Improves by 95 Percent at Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd

Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd, one of Northern Ireland’s largest car retailers with over a dozen dealerships, had virtualized a third of its environment using VMware across 50 physical servers and 20 VMs supporting 20 sites and ~800 users. After relying on manual file-copy scripts that couldn’t capture databases or guarantee consistent VM restores, the IT team needed a fast, reliable backup and recovery solution that wouldn’t require rebuilding VMs or costly per-VM agents.

They selected Veeam Backup & Replication for its agentless, hypervisor-level approach and single-pass image backups with instant file-level recovery. The solution cut file recovery times by 95%, sped backups by avoiding duplicate image/files backups, eliminated agent overhead on servers, and enabled minute‑level restores without rebuilds—saving time, reducing overtime and improving overall reliability.

Isaac Agnew (Holdings) Ltd

Tim Carter

Senior Systems Administrator