CASE STUDY
Protecting safety information had been challenging before Veeam . Backup was complicated , requiring someone on the IT team to monitor the process for approximately 40 hours each month . Recovery was time consuming too , taking hours or days to recover from tape .
“ Keeping life-saving information available to residents is a top priority during a pandemic ,” said Darryl Polk , Chief Innovation Officer for Rancho Cucamonga . “ Downtime isn ’ t acceptable in today ’ s world , and certainly not during COVID-19 . This is when cities must-have complete faith in their data protection strategy – we have complete faith because of Veeam .”
Rancho Cucamonga deployed Veeam Availability Suite as the IT team began modernizing the IT infrastructure . Legacy backup had been complicated , requiring the team to monitor backup for 40 hours each month . Recovery had been time consuming too , taking hours or days to recover from tape .
“ Only one solution fitted our roadmap for modernizing the IT infrastructure ,” Polk said . “ Our team has 100 years of combined IT experience , so we knew exactly what we wanted : fast , easy data protection . Everyone said the same thing : ‘ We ’ re going with Veeam , right ?’ It was the easiest decision we ’ ve ever made .”
The Veeam solution
Not only was replacing legacy backup with Veeam the easiest decision the IT team ever made , it was also the smartest . Veeam modernizes data protection by simplifying backup and increasing recovery speed by 99 % for the city , saving 40 hours each month and ensuring public safety information is available around the clock .
Veeam also protects the city ’ s public safety video network that monitors areas for crime , the library ’ s online system offering electronic reading materials
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( very popular during the pandemic ) and the city ’ s Adopt A Pet portal for fostering or adopting homeless animals ( also very popular during the pandemic ).
“ Cities serve a digital world , so a city ’ s best defense in a digital world is dependable data protection , and that ’ s exactly what Veeam provides ,” Polk said . “ We trust our data is backed up reliably and can be recovered fast . Veeam is the reason we don ’ t lose sleep anymore .”
Veeam backs up 45 TB across 150 virtual machines on-premises for fast , local recovery and offpremises to iland , a Platinum Veeam Cloud & Service Provider ( VCSP ).
Rancho Cucamonga is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Southern California . The city ’ s diverse residential opportunities , award-winning architecture and extensive community services make it a popular homeowner destination . Incorporated in 1977 , Rancho Cucamonga has approximately 177,000 residents , 500 full-time employees and 450 parttime employees .
“ We love that Veeam makes it so easy to extend data protection to the cloud ,” Polk said . “ We talked to several of Veeam ’ s Platinum Partners and chose iland because they ’ re incredibly affordable for the level of service they provide . We know they ’ ll get the city up and running again in a catastrophe .”
Backing up to iland ’ s private cloud lets the city do something not possible before – protect data outside of its seismic zone . California is vulnerable to
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