SA Eagle is the fourth-largest short-term insurer in South Africa, and is a member of the Zurich Financial Services Group.
SA Eagle, like all insurance companies, is dependent on its data and customer records. The company must be able to back up and restore all its data for its daily functioning, as well as to help with insurance investigations, and to meet disaster recovery regulatory requirements.
Business need
SA Eagle was having issues reliably backing up its data. It was using several different systems for overnight backups, and those backups did not always complete by morning, sometimes leaving the company without backups.
Solution overview
To solve the problem, SA Eagle installed an HP StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System, which backs up to virtual tape drives and accelerates backup performance in complex SAN environments while improving overall reliability.
Results
Backup success rates have improved from 98.32% to 99.99%.
Disaster recovery capabilities have been improved, and the ability to contain or reduce tape costs has been realized.
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