ExaGrid Reduces Backup Window by 73%
Andy works with think S3, a managed services provider (MSP) to keep the College’s data protected. The data is backed up on an hourly and nightly basis, and Andy is impressed with the impact ExaGrid has had on the speed of the backup jobs. “Our backup windows have been reduced from 45 minutes to 12 minutes, since we’ve switched to ExaGrid. We back up our data often, so having quick backups are vital to keeping up with our schedule,” said Andy. “When we used our NetApp system, we were running out of storage space, which limited our retention of restore points. Now that we use ExaGrid, we have been able to increase our restore points, allowing us to better protect our data,” he added.
Andy is impressed with how quickly he can restore a file using Veeam from ExaGrid’s landing zone. “I was able to restore a file in just one second, and was able to send it to the user in two minutes! That’s incredible!”
ExaGrid writes backups directly to a disk-cache Landing Zone, avoiding inline processing and ensuring the highest possible backup performance, which results in the shortest backup window. Adaptive Deduplication performs deduplication and replication in parallel with backups for a strong recovery point (RPO). As data is being deduplicated to the repository, it can also be replicated to a second ExaGrid site or the public cloud for disaster recovery (DR).
ExaGrid and Veeam can instantly recover a file or VMware virtual machine by running it directly from the ExaGrid appliance in the event that the file is lost, corrupted or encrypted or the primary storage VM becomes unavailable. This instant recovery is possible because of ExaGrid’s Landing Zone – a high-speed disk cache on the ExaGrid appliance that retains the most recent backups in their complete form. Once the primary storage environment has been brought back to a working state, the VM backed up on the ExaGrid appliance can then be migrated to primary storage for continued operation.