Case Study: Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation achieves 85% VM replication cost reduction (saves $250,000) with Veeam Backup & Replication

VM Replication with Veeam and Riverbed Saves Healthcare Company $250,000

Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation, a large Ontario long‑term care provider, needed a faster, more reliable way to back up and replicate virtual machines for disaster recovery and business continuity. Their existing Symantec Backup Exec was too slow for VMs, and initial plans to replicate to a secondary SAN over the WAN would have required about $250,000 in storage, software, and bandwidth upgrades—costs that made the project prohibitive.

By deploying Veeam Backup & Replication together with Riverbed Steelhead WAN optimization appliances, Leisureworld was able to replicate VMs across the WAN for 85% less than the original estimate, avoiding the $250,000 expenditure. The new solution delivered 93% faster VM backups, enabled more frequent (twice‑daily) restore points, fully protected the virtual environment, and produced clear ROI and operational confidence for senior management.

Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation

Daniel Neufeld

Vice President of Information Systems