Entrusted with protecting the data of nearly 30,000 users, the University of Leicester requires a robust backup infrastructure. However, with the backup system it had in place, the loss of a single media server would have resulted in a total lack of access to backup data or restores, potentially for weeks while the IT team acquired and installed new hardware. Recognizing that the University needed a better solution, the team decided to deploy Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage system as the foundation of a revamped backup platform. By doing so, the University not only eliminated the single point of failure but also cut its storage space requirements by 50% and simplified its backup process. Ultimately, after fully implementing the Cloudian-based solution across its three data

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