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7-Eleven Stores Ring Up Better Backups with ExaGrid
"One of the things we wanted out of a disk-based backup system was a 'set it and forget it' type of product. The ExaGrid has more than lived up to our expectations. Each day, we quickly check the ExaGrid to ensure that everything ran smoothly and then double-check the amount of available disk space, and that's it. We're confident in the system and it's taken the hassle out of our backups." |
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A.D.A.M. Improves Health of Backup Process with ExaGrid
"We've been extremely impressed with the ExaGrid system. It fit seamlessly into our network and we were able to keep our existing investment in ARCserve and in our tape library. It's a very cost-effective solution and it really simplified our backups." |
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Adventist Health Cures Backup Woes with ExaGrid
"In terms of performance, the ExaGrid solution was significantly better than the competition across the board, on dailies, month ends, everything. ExaGrid's approach to data deduplication, and the fact that it performs it post-process instead of in-line made a huge difference. The ExaGrid system was the clear winner." |
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Alberta Motor Association Puts New Backup Strategy Into Gear with ExaGrid
"We looked at several systems. We liked ExaGrid's approach to data deduplication. The ExaGrid system provided us with all of the features and capacity we needed and was extremely cost effective." |
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American National Bank Saves with the ExaGrid Disk Backup System
"The data reduction rate has been great. Our backup window has been cut in half." |
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ExaGrid Puts ARRL on the Right Frequency
"With ExaGrid, the backups take much less time." |
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS Streamlines Backups and Enhances Disaster Recovery Operations with ExaGrid
"We looked at several different systems and even considered building our own, but no solution could match the ExaGrid in terms of price, data de-duplication and support. It all came together when we realized we could deploy a two-site ExaGrid system and improve the speed and reliability of our local backups while gaining the high availability we were looking for in our disaster recovery plan." |
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American TV Watches Backup Windows Shrink with ExaGrid Disk-based Backup
"Our backup window has already been cut in half, and our month end backups are now completed well within the timeframe. With ExaGrid, we have cut our tape costs and we can now be sure that our backups have been completed every night." |
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Arthritis Foundation Solves Backup Problems Quickly and
Easily with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid System was extremely cost effective because it enabled us to keep our investment in both our backup application and our tape library and we were able to limit the learning curve that we would have encountered with other systems." |
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Aspirus Creates Healthier Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"The first experience I had restoring a very large file from the ExaGrid system was a real eye-opener. I was able to restore the file right from NetBackup and it took only two hours instead of the 12 hours it would have taken with tape. With tape, the file would have had to be restored from multiple tapes in a multiplex situation. With ExaGrid, it was simply point-and-click." |
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BI Incorporated Monitors Faster Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"In our testing, we saw a huge performance advantage over tape with the ExaGrid system. ExaGrid's approach to backup is very efficient and it decreased the load on the backup server. This wasn't the case with a competing solution that uses a de-duplication on-the-fly based approach, though efficient, it caused our backup times to increase." |
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Bloomingdale Communications Dials In More Efficient Backups with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is perfect for a mid-sized enterprise like our business. We looked at other solutions but they all seemed to be more large enterprise focused and were very costly. The ExaGrid fit our needs and was half the cost of the system from a leading competitor." |
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Charles County Sheriff Enforces Improved Data Backup and Recovery Plan with ExaGrid
"Restores have been unbelievably fast. We recently had to restore a large directory from our CAD system and it was flawless. It was like night and day compared to fighting with our old tape backup system." |
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ExaGrid Answers the Call for Better Backups at Clackamas
Fire District #1
"We were surprised at how easy it was to install the ExaGrid system. ExaGrid's customer support team called to see if we had any questions and they were able to remote into the system and double-check to ensure that everything was set up correctly. They really went above and beyond the call of duty." |
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Community National Bank Speeds Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"All vendors make claims about how fast and efficient their products are but when you put them into a real world situation the products don't always stack up. The ExaGrid system has been the exception to the rule. When we first installed the ExaGrid, we were stunned. It performs better than we ever expected and it has solved our backup problems in one fell swoop." |
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Concord Academy Learns about Cost-effective Backups with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is a device that is purpose-built for backups, and it offered all the features we were looking for in a single package. And because the system was cost-effective to acquire, it made it even more attractive to purchase a second system for disaster recovery." |
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Concord Camera Shoots for Better Backups and Restores with ExaGrid Disk-based Backup
"The first thing we noticed was that the ExaGrid was more cost-effective than the competing solution. We also felt that ExaGrid's post-process approach to data de-duplication would be more efficient than competing approaches. We believed that the ExaGrid solution would provide higher performance, and we've been very happy with the level of data reduction provided by the ExaGrid system." |
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Connecticut Transit Drives Better Backups with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid's customer support staff is terrific. They have a wide range of expertise in the backup arena and have been both proactive in helping us with our implementation and responsive to our requests for assistance. Since installing our ExaGrid systems, we've been able to streamline our backup processes, gain faster backups and restores and eliminate tape." |
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Conwy & Denbighshire Trust Cures Backup Issues with ExaGrid
"We handle sensitive data and we are always mindful of data security. Using the ExaGrid system to handle our backups has improved our data security. Once the files are on the ExaGrid, they're locked into the system and the only access to it is via our backup server. With a network attached storage box, there's the possibility that the data can be hacked. With tape backups, tapes can be lost or stolen. ExaGrid gives us a higher degree of confidence in our data security." |
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Corporate Communications Group Streamlines Backups with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system provides a great return on investment. We will be able to eliminate the cost of tape and tape drives and we won't have to spend valuable IT staff time on managing and transporting tapes. Also, the fact that the ExaGrid system worked right out of the box with our existing backup application meant that we didn't have to purchase or learn another new application." |
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Eby-Brown Gains Faster Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"Before we purchased our two-site ExaGrid system, we performed a cost analysis that showed installing two ExaGrid systems would cost less over time than tape. When you consider the cost of tape, transportation and the amount of time our IT staff had devoted to managing tape and performing restores, purchasing the ExaGrid system is a no-brainer." |
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ENSCO Engineers Faster, More Reliable Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"For us, the biggest area of direct impact has been with restores. They are incredibly fast. With tape, it would take us one to two hours to perform a fi le recovery, but with ExaGrid, we can recover and restore a file in seconds. It's made a huge difference for our IT organization and for our users." |
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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Streamlines
Backups, Saves Money with Disk-based Backup
"The system was more cost effective than some of the other solutions we looked at. It was less expensive to acquire and we were able to use it along with our existing backup application and tape drive. It was also more advantageous to purchase the ExaGrid system in terms of licensing and maintenance. We were able to set the system up ourselves and it's easy to manage and administer. When we factored all that in with the reduced tape and transportation costs, it was an easy choice." |
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Taxing Tape Issues Lead Finley & Cook to ExaGrid for Disk-Based Backup with Data De-Duplication
"With ExaGrid, we can implement data retention policies on a per-customer or per-industry basis to meet individual customer requirements. In the long run, it will enable us to customize our services for a particular industry or customer and back it up with real results." |
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FlightSafety Services Corporation Makes Backups
Soar with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is simply the best piece of equipment I have purchased in years. Our backups now run each and every night without fail and the system is extremely reliable. The ExaGrid was cost-effective, solved our backup and restore issues, and it saves us a tremendous amount of time each and every day." |
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Four Seasons Resort Aviara Speeds Backups, Increases On-site Retention with ExaGrid
"The other systems we looked at couldn’t come close to offering us 16 weeks of retention. I was skeptical at first, but ExaGrid’s data de-duplication technology does a fantastic job at reducing our data and there’s no doubt that we will be able to exceed our retention requirements." |
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Gardner Trucking Drives Backup Window Down with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system offered significantly better price/performance than the other solutions. Some of the other solutions appeared less expensive on the surface, but when we added in ExaGrid's data de-duplication technology, which lets us use less disk space, the ExaGrid came in at approximately 25 percent the cost of competitive solutions." |
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Gates Chili Learns to Streamline Backups
"The cost of the ExaGrid system was significantly less than the straight SATA solution, and ExaGrid was a great fit." |
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Grafisch Lyceum Utecht Designs Better Backup Strategy
with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system had a lower acquisition cost than other systems. In addition, it will be more effective to run over time because its data de-duplication technology enables us to maximize our disk space so that we can retain more data on-site." |
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ExaGrid Disk-based Backup Gets High Marks from Greece Central School District
"Restoring a fairly large directory from the ExaGrid system takes about 90 seconds. Restoring the same directory from tape would have taken a day and a half. We've been extremely impressed with ExaGrid's restore speeds. It has made a tremendous difference in our day-to-day IT operations because we can spend more time on other duties instead of on managing backups and restores." |
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Heil Trailer Moves Backups to ExaGrid to Gain Faster Backups and Restores
"Because we're not relying on tape, SOX compliance is easier because we can show exactly where our data is at all times electronically, so we don't have to do as much paperwork. Also, we save a considerable amount of time because we're no longer dealing with tape. We don't have to transport tapes offsite, and our restores are incredibly fast because our data is on disk and available at a moment's notice." |
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Hitachi Consulting Improves Backup Capabilities with ExaGrid
"Backing up to ExaGrid instead of tape saved us thousands of dollars in license and maintenance fees. We didn't need any additional licenses or maintenance to back up to disk because the ExaGrid simply looks like any other Windows server. That was a tremendous cost savings. There are many different things we can do with the ExaGrid/NetBackup combination that we couldn't do with tape. For example, we can now easily mix retention policies and be more flexible with our data than ever before." |
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Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Revives Backups with ExaGrid
"With the ExaGrid system, everything is automatic and there's no intervention at all. We don't have to load or swap tapes and don't have issues with drives. We know that as long as our network is up and running, everything is being backed up to the ExaGrid." |
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Ixilix Sees Major Improvement in Backups with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system takes a lot of pain out of our backups. Our backup times are far better than they were with tape and we no longer have to deal with managing and administering nearly 160 tapes per month. For us, it's wonderful to have the data on hand and ready in case a customer needs to restore information. Our clients are happier because we can offer them faster access to their data and we can offer them more fl exible options to enhance their backup strategies." |
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Cures backup pain with ExaGrid
"Using ExaGrid, we will recover 50% of the live disk space we had allocated to backups and reduce the cost of redundant backups across the WAN." |
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John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Builds Better Backups with ExaGrid
"We have limited data center rack space and the ExaGrid only takes up 3U. It's amazing that we can fit a month's worth of backups in such a small footprint." |
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Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Revs Up Data Protection with ExaGrid
"Restoring data is a point-and-click operation now with ExaGrid. We have all of our data at our fingertips instead of on tape, so it is always available. Performing the actual restore takes just minutes." |
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The Kingston Hospital Prescribes a Double Dose of
Disk-based Backup
"Our data is replicated between the two ExaGrid systems and we find the transmission between sites extremely fast. We have a strong pipe between the two buildings, but ExaGrid's data de-duplication technology makes it even more efficient because only changes are moved over the network. We don't even notice the difference when the systems are replicating during the day." |
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Kingston Improves Retention and Restores with ExaGrid
"At Kingston, we're actively working to reduce our energy consumption and are very sensitive to power and cooling issues. The ExaGrid unit is compact and effi cient and its data de-duplication technology enables us to pack more data onto our system. It's helping us to maximize our datacenter space to reduce our power consumption." |
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Koch Makes Backups Fast and Reliable with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is fast, but the most important thing for us is that it is reliable. Our backups are flawless and our restores are quick and painless. With tape, we would often have to call a tape back from our secure facility and hope that the data was on the tape. With ExaGrid, we know that the data will be there." |
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Konica Minolta Reduces Backup Window, Improves Disaster Recovery Strategy with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid's approach to data de-duplication made the most sense to us and it has been very efficient. In fact, we're seeing as much as 23 to 1 reduction of our data." |
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ExaGrid Helps Labat-Anderson Reduce Backup Window, Meet New Government Regulations
"The way ExaGrid handles data deduplication is incredible. Not only does it significantly reduce the amount of data we store so that it takes a lot less disk space, our restores are much, much faster. We can restore a file, or a part of a file, almost instantaneously with just a click of the mouse." |
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Lawrence General Hospital Streamlines Backups with ExaGrid
"We have a remote access portal that enables me to work on our systems from home or from anywhere else I happen to be. I'm on call a lot and can remote into the ExaGrid on nights or weekends to check on our backups or to restore a file. We couldn't do that with tape. It saves me a lot of time and aggravation and enables us to be more efficient as an IT organization." |
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LRGHealthcare Streamlines Backups, Improves Disaster
Recovery with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system works well and has helped us solve our backup issues. Our experiences with ExaGrid's customer support has been wonderful and speaks volumes about the company. We make lots of technology purchases each year, and I have to say that we've been very happy with the ExaGrid product and our experience working with ExaGrid has been among the best." |
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Maharam Meets Data Retention Goals, Speeds Backup Times
with ExaGrid
"With ExaGrid, we're now able to easily meet our data retention goals and our whole restore process is now much faster and more efficient. It's easier on our IT department and we are able to provide a faster response time to our end users." |
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ExaGrid Provides High Powered Backups for Maui Electric
"Not only are we able to keep over a month of data on the ExaGrid system, but restores are incredibly fast. The ExaGrid really has reduced the amount of time we spend on backups so we can be more productive." |
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Medina General Hospital Cures Disaster Recovery Blues with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid's byte-level data deduplication is very effective at further compressing our data. Because the ExaGrid compresses our data and deduplicates it at the byte level, we are able to maximize our retention. It's comforting to know that we have many weeks worth of backups on the ExaGrid, and that we could quickly and easily restore data in the event of an emergency." |
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MemorialCare Heals Backup Problems with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system enabled us to significantly reduce our backup window and really makes the whole backup process painless. Also, the fact that we could replicate data between two ExaGrid systems was important because we could act as our own disaster recovery center." |
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MetoKote Smooths Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system simply works as advertised. Our backup times have been cut in half, restores are fast, and we don't have to rely on tape anymore. Also, ExaGrid has a tremendous customer support team. They are proactive, smart and we know we can rely on them to resolve any issue that comes up." |
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ExaGrid Wins the Case for Disk-based Backup at Mintz Levin
"Before we installed ExaGrid, we had to scour tapes to find the particular file we were looking for. Some of the restore jobs would drag on for hours, if not a whole day. With ExaGrid, we're able to get restores done in minutes. It's a much better use of our staff resources, it reflects well on the IS Department, and it's very reassuring to our end users." |
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Miron Construction Builds Better Backup Strategy with ExaGrid
"We looked at a lot of different disk-to-disk solutions. No other vendor was able to offer us cost effective disk-to-disk with a small footprint, data de-duplication and the ability to keep our investment in ARCserve. We have been very impressed with ExaGrid's data de-duplication. It's extremely effi cient at reducing our data and we are now able to retain a month of daily backups, along with week-end and month-end backups all on disk. It's very convenient." |
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Morningstar Invests in ExaGrid, Gains Better Backups
"I used to worry each night about backup jobs failing, especially over the weekend. Mondays were always hectic because I had to run around making sure that all of our backups were completed correctly. The ExaGrid has taken all of the worry and hassle out of our backups and it frees me up to do other things." |
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Moto Speeds up Backups with ExaGrid
"With tape, we constantly had to double and triple check everything, but with ExaGrid, we no longer have to worry about our backups. We have a high degree of confi dence in the system and we know that our backups are completed each and every night. The ExaGrid system has been extremely cost-effective and has enabled us to streamline our operations." |
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North Georgia College & State University Solves Backup
Problems with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is extremely flexible. We can easily add additional capacity to our current system and increase the amount of data we can back up. We can also add second system to replicate data offsite at some point in the future." |
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North Kingstown School Department Earns an "A" for Better
Backups with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system gives us a great deal of flexibility. Not only can it grow in terms of capacity, but we can also add a second ExaGrid system at some point in the future to replicate data to another location and completely eliminate tape." |
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Objectivity Improves Backups with ExaGrid
"It was expensive and complex to expand our old D2D system, and even then, scalability was limited. The ExaGrid system with deduplication is inherently scalable. We can easily add additional capacity ourselves and it can all be easily managed as a single system." |
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Ohio Farm Bureau Harvests Faster Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"The way the ExaGrid system compresses data is impressive. We are now able to retain three months of data on-site on the ExaGrid and it gives us a comfort level we didn't have with tape. And since our data is always readily available on disk, we can perform restores quickly at any time." |
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Omega Resource Group Finds a Fit With ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid solution fit our needs. It's reliable, has the functionality we need, will grow with us, and it's extremely cost effective." |
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Omni Air International Flies Through Backups with ExaGrid
"With our tape system, we had to backup one server at a time and it was painfully slow. With ExaGrid, we are able to backup multiple servers at a time, so the whole process is streamlined and unbelievably fast." |
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OmniSource Southeast Leverages ExaGrid to Speed and
Simplify Backups
"We liked the fact that the ExaGrid could scale up to easily handle more data over time, and it enabled us to leverage our Dell EqualLogic environment as well as our existing backup application to cost-effectively streamline our backups." |
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Oxford Networks Rings Up Faster, More Cost-effective Backups with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid's price point was very, very good. It was less expensive for us to purchase the ExaGrid system than it would have been to purchase a new tape library and tapes." |
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Pepe & Hazard Moves to ExaGrid to Make Backups and Restores Faster and More Effi cient
"We looked at several different disk-based backup systems in depth and we liked the tight integration between the ExaGrid and VMware and the fact that ExaGrid provides a high level of support for VMware. The ExaGrid system will enable us to have near-instantaneous recovery of our virtual hosts in the event of a crash." |
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Plastipak Gains Faster Backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid really does eliminate all of the problems associated with tape, including long backup windows, difficult restore processes and the day-to-day tape management. It's a very simple, clean way to protect valuable data at a price point comparable to tape." |
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Prunes growing backup window
"Our nightly backups are now started at 4:30 p.m. and are finished by 5:00 p.m. I check the ExaGrid before I go home at night, and I sleep comfortably just knowing my backup worked." |
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ExaGrid Helps Backups Flow Smoothly at Rancho California Water District
"The cost of the two-site ExaGrid system was far less than the cost of adding a shelf and drives to our SAN. We reclaimed the space on the SAN and got a better backup solution with disaster recovery capabilities for less money." |
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Regal Lager Enhances Backup and Disaster Recovery with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid is a perfect solution for many kinds of companies. With limited IT budgets and staff, we have to look for solutions that increase productivity. Also, because ExaGrid works seamlessly in the background with our Backup Exec software, the learning curve was minimized." |
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Rio Hondo College Learns About Faster Backups , Increased Retention with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is very well integrated with the CommVault system and they work together seamlessly. In addition, the ExaGrid customer support staff is not only knowledgeable about their own product, but they understand CommVault as well. Integration is often the most difficult part of setting up a new system, but ExaGrid's customer support knew exactly how to configure the system so that we were up and running quickly." |
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RJN Group Engineers Faster Backups and Disaster Recovery with ExaGrid
"With ExaGrid, we're able to schedule our backups well within our nightly backup window and still have the data replicated for disaster recovery. We come in the next morning and the backups are all done, our network is fl ying and we can move data back and forth again." |
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Rödl & Partner Counts on ExaGrid for Fast, Efficient Disk-based
Backup
"Tape libraries require a considerable amount of manual intervention and we spent hours each month changing tapes, replacing broken tapes and dealing with other issues. The ExaGrid system has significantly reduced the amount of time we spend on backups and restores." |
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Sarah Lawrence College Moves Backups Off Campus with
ExaGrid and Gains Faster Backups
"We can easily scale the ExaGrid system to back up more data in the future. Looking forward, we can also add a second system to replicate data and to further reduce our reliance on tape." |
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Saul Ewing Increases Retention, Makes Backups Faster with
ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system is inherently scalable. When the system's capacity is expanded, processing power and memory are also increased so that the processing is shared between servers. In some of the other products we looked at, disk space is added but the amount of processing power and memory stays the same. We know that when the time is right we can expand the ExaGrid system to handle more data." |
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SeaBright Ensures Better Backups with ExaGrid
"With the ExaGrid, we can add storage on the fly and the system will automatically load balance the data across multiple disks. And because we can add capacity in small increments, it's cost-effective because we only need to purchase enough disk to meet our needs." |
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Sommer Improves Regulatory Compliance with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid system has really reduced the amount of time our backups take and it delivers extremely fast tape copy performance. Cloning our backups to tape takes no time whatsoever." |
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Spackenkill Union Free School District Gives ExaGrid High
Marks for Backups
"The ExaGrid has proven to be a real time saver. We were able to streamline our backup processes and cut our backup times in half. Also, our restores are much, much faster now. Restoring data from tape used to take hours, but it takes just minutes with the ExaGrid." |
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ExaGrid Furnishes Fast Backups and Restores for Spectrum Industries
"We have been extremely pleased with the speed of our backups using ExaGrid. We're able to back up all of our data onto disk and it's seamless. Our backups are now streamlined and painless, and restores are nearly instantaneous. With ExaGrid, we know that backups are completed each night, we have room for future growth, and we have a disaster recovery scenario. It gives us a nice comfort level." |
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ExaGrid heals St. Mary's backup woes
"We still can't get over how fast the system is compared to how it used to be with tape." |
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The Evidence for Disk-based Backup Points Straight to ExaGrid at Stradley Ronon
"ExaGrid provides a great return on investment, and the system works as advertised. With ExaGrid, we no longer have the ongoing costs associated with tape, our backups and restores are much faster, and our administrator can spend his time focusing on issues other than backups." |
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Thomas & King Serves Up Improved Backups with ExaGrid
"Products are rarely quite as good as companies say they are, but the ExaGrid system is fantastic. Not only has ExaGrid's product worked as promised, but the technical support team is top-notch. The staff is very knowledgeable and I can count on them to stand behind their product." |
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ExaGrid Helps U.S. Federal Government Agencies Reduce Backup Windows, Improve Data Protection
"We couldn't be more satisfied with ExaGrid. Data restores from the ExaGrid take mere seconds to complete compared to the many minutes or hours we required before to restore data from our tape backups ... and their customer support is some of the best I've ever experienced." |
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Utah Transit Authority Speeds Backups with ExaGrid
"ExaGrid's customer support is simply the best support organization I've ever worked with. They are extremely knowledgeable and call just to ensure that the system is working properly. You don't get that level of support from other vendors." |
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Building a Successful Disaster Recovery Plan
"With the single ExaGrid system, we were able to take out our old tape library, which used twenty tapes a month." |
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Virginia Financial Group Gains Faster, More Secure backups and Restores with ExaGrid
"While we were always very cautious about keeping track of our tapes, it was a constant concern. With the ExaGrid, we no longer have to worry about security issues because the data is right there in our data center." |
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Disk-based and Second Site Data Backup
"It's the right way to do backup." |
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Westmoreland County Reduces Backup and Restore Times,
Reduces Reliance on Tape with ExaGrid
"The ExaGrid saves us a tremendous amount of time each day because we no longer have to manage or administer tapes or troubleshoot our backups. Our staff time is valuable and the ExaGrid system has made us more productive." |
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ExaGrid Makes Backups Flow Smoothly at Wright-Pierce
"Nearly all of our data is backed up to ExaGrid so we never have to search for tapes to restore information. Our backups are now completed well within our backup window and we've been very impressed with the throughput that the
ExaGrid system provides."
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