Case Study: Poulin Grain, Inc. achieves fast, reliable backups and minute‑speed VM restores with Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Makes Quick Work of a Long, Complicated Backup Process

Poulin Grain, a fourth-generation family feed company with about 100 employees across three manufacturing sites and 22 remote sales reps, had nearly all applications virtualized but relied on a cumbersome, multi-tool backup process that took more than 18 hours and produced inconsistent results. Paul Martin, the lone IT manager responsible for the datacenter and DR site, needed a simpler, faster and more reliable way to protect mission‑critical VMs and reduce restore times.

Poulin implemented Veeam Backup & Replication with an ExaGrid disk-based appliance and added Veeam ONE for monitoring and reporting. Backups that once took over 18 hours were reduced to about one hour, restores that took eight hours can now be done in minutes with Instant VM Recovery, and Veeam ONE provides real‑time alerts and automated documentation—delivering consistent, fast backups and easier virtual infrastructure management.

Poulin Grain, Inc

Paul S. Martin

Information Technology Manager