Case Study: Raymond James achieves fast disaster recovery and minimal downtime with Vision Solutions' Double-Take Availability

Raymond James - Customer Case Study

Raymond James Ltd., a Vancouver‑based full‑service investment dealer with more than 1,000 employees and about C$15 billion in assets under administration, needed a robust business continuity plan to meet regulatory requirements for full recovery of tier‑one systems within 48 hours. The firm relied on critical systems such as an IBM document management system, Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server across virtualized (VMware ESX) and physical environments, and required a solution that was reliable, easy for a small IT team to manage, and capable of protecting operations between Vancouver and Toronto.

Raymond James chose Double-Take Availability to replicate and protect its complex multi‑server environment; installation took about four hours and an initial 1.5 TB replica was created in roughly four days without disrupting production. The solution provides cross‑site replication (Vancouver ↔ Toronto), 30‑day retention of deletes for rapid file restores, and application‑level protection for Exchange and SQL, delivering fast recoveries from unplanned failures, simplified migrations, a 450 GB restore in under 15 minutes, and minimal day‑to‑day administrative overhead.

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