COMPANY:
The largest and fastest growing Asian restaurant company in the U.S., with over 1,300 stores throughout 38 states and Puerto Rico.
CHALLENGE:
Implement a DR solution that could meet the demands of rapid data growth in a mixed environment of physical and virtual servers.
SOLUTION DETAILS:
Combine NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB) software; NetApp® SnapMirror® and SnapVault®; NetApp OnCommand™; and NetApp FAS3200 series storage. Frontend Hitachi production storage with a NetApp V6280 before moving all storage to NetApp in early 2013.
RESULTS:
Freed IT personnel by cutting time spent on backups by 87%
Cut backup windows in half while doubling number of systems
Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in software and storage costs
Implemented a highly scalable disaster recovery plan
The complete Panda Restaurant Group Case Study