The Grand Valley State University in San Diego has deployed an economical multi-tiered data protection strategy utilizing Overland's Ultamus Raid high-density SAN storage, Reo SeriesR disk-based backup and recovery appliances as well as Neo SeriesR tape libraries. The integrated, scalable platform safeguards 10 TBs of mission-critical data while enabling the university to better support a rapidly expanding VMware virtualization environment.

Grand Valley State is a public, four-year college located in Allendale, Michigan. The university supports more than 24,000 students along with a faculty and support staff of almost 2,000 people.

A constant influx of data along with a steady migration to server virtualization strained the university's tape-based backup infrastructure, prompting Grand Valley to explore the addition of a cost-effective yet powerful disk-based appliance to bolster data protection.

In seeking reliable, scalable backup and recovery products to support its expanding environment, Grand Valley turned to Mercury Storage, a Southfield, Michigan-based provider of best-of-breed data storage and security solutions. After evaluating products from several leading manufacturers, the university selected a suite of end-to-end data protection solutions from Overland Storage. These solutions have enabled Grand Valley State to accelerate backups and restores, extend long-term data retention and achieve heightened levels of disaster recovery and business continuity.