University of Leicester Adopts Cloudian Object Storage for Backup
Summary
Aging Media Server Posed Downtime Risks The University of Leicester has three data centers which are managed by Systems Specialist Mark Penny and his team. “We wouldn’t be able to continue backing up data, access backups or conduct restores until we replaced the hardware and spun up the system again, a process which could have taken weeks,” explained Penny. Penny found other options he evaluated to be complex and costly and ultimately chose Cloudian after conducting a full proof of concept. “It gave us confidence that we could easily manage the system.” The University deployed Cloudian’s HyperStore software on 12 HPE servers with 3.4 PB raw storage. Saving Space, Management Time and Costs Thanks to the Cloudian solution’s built-in redundancy, the University no longer has to worry about a single point of failure in its backup infrastructure.