Case Study
MiaSolé’s Switch to ExaGrid Improves Data Deduplication, Optimizes Database Backups
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY Customer Overview MiaSolé is a producer of lightweight, flexible, and powerful solar cells. Founded in 2004, the company has evolved from a scrappy Silicon Valley startup to the world leader in thin film solar panel efficiency. In December 2012, MiaSolé became a member of the Hanergy family as MiaSolé Hi-Tech Corp. Time-Consuming Tape Replaced MiaSolé’s IT staff found that backing data up to tape was very time consuming due to the continuous routine of changing out tapes and moving them offsite every few days, which also made data retrieval difficult. “Restoring data was quite a process; it could take up to five tapes from different locations, and after filling out the necessary paperwork, we had to find the data on the correct tape and then finally rest