Case Study: Crye-Leike Real Estate Services achieves 75% faster backups and 99% faster recovery with Veeam

Real estate giant builds a stronger, more robust BC and DR strategy with Veeam

Crye‑Leike Real Estate Services is a large, full‑service real estate firm operating across nine states with 130 offices and thousands of agents. The company relied on Microsoft SQL Server and a customer‑facing website to support in‑house services (mortgage, title, insurance) and found its legacy backup (Arcserve) was slow and unreliable, producing long backup windows and slow recoveries that threatened availability and the company’s competitive edge.

By deploying Veeam Availability Suite integrated with HPE Nimble Storage and ExaGrid, Crye‑Leike shortened backup times by 75% and accelerated recoveries by 99%, doubled deduplication efficiency, and enabled more frequent, verified backups and daily replication. Features like Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots and SQL, SureBackup/SureReplica verification, and reporting also simplified compliance across state regulations and strengthened the company’s BC/DR posture so services remain available.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services

David Neely

Director of IT Infrastructure