Case Study: Keio University achieves reliable, low-cost Availability and rapid recovery with Veeam Backup & Replication

Keio University - Customer Case Study

Keio University, a major private university in Japan serving over 33,500 students across six campuses, depended on its Information Technology Center to keep campus services and research infrastructure running. The ITC’s older VMware backup solution couldn’t complete backups overnight, forced staff to maintain custom scripts, and left the team unable to quickly restore files or hosts—creating a real risk of service interruption.

By deploying Veeam Backup & Replication, Keio achieved reliable, fast backups (full jobs in a few hours within their 10‑hour RFP target), Instant VM Recovery to restore services in 10–20 minutes, and strong VMware/HCI compatibility. The solution delivered stable “nothing happens” operations, reduced initial and running costs to under one‑fifth versus alternatives, cut operational labor, and provided scalable protection with options for future cloud integration.

Keio University

Yasuo Miyamoto

Information Technology Center