Case Study: Shamir Medical Center achieves 80% faster backups and instant file restores with Veeam

Shamir Medical Center grows into Israel’s largest hospital, backed by exceptional data protection

Shamir Medical Center, a major Israeli hospital expanding to become the country’s largest, faced growing IT challenges as data volumes and research needs increased. Nightly backups were taking up to 10 hours, specific-file restores could take weeks, and the slow, maintenance-heavy process risked disrupting clinical operations and delaying research.

The hospital deployed Veeam Backup & Replication (with Veeam Universal License) to protect ~110 TB across ~500 VMs and 10 physical machines daily, enabling instant VM or file restores via Veeam Explorers and integrated NetApp management. The solution cut physical backup time by 80%, scaled seamlessly for COVID‑19 research, freed IT staff for innovation, accelerated research workflows, and reduced storage costs.

Shamir Medical Center

Oded Waiser

Chief Technology Officer