Cloud-first backup and recovery delivers speed, simplicity, and savings
Snapshot
- Industry: Legal services
- Environment: On-premise, cloud backups
- Location: UK
Key details
- Hill Dickinson replaced a costly, ageing tape-based backup system with Redstor’s cloud platform.
- Backup management time was reduced from days to minutes, enabling staff to focus on value-added work.
- Successfully migrated 150TB of data without downtime during implementation.
The challenge
Hill Dickinson, a leading international commercial law firm, manages vast amounts of sensitive client data across multiple offices. As their data volumes grew, their existing backup solution struggled to keep up, creating operational inefficiencies and potential risks.
Key challenges included:
- Complex, time-consuming management: Legacy systems required extensive oversight and manual intervention.
- Scalability issues: Backing up and managing growing data volumes was inefficient and unsustainable.
- Slow recoveries: Restoring critical data during outages took too long, risking business continuity.
Hill Dickinson needed a reliable, modern solution that could migrate their large data estate to the cloud efficiently, simplify management, and deliver faster recoveries.
The solution: Cloud-first migration and protection with Redstor
Redstor’s cloud-first backup and recovery platform delivered exactly what Hill Dickinson needed: a scalable, automated solution to protect and manage their 150TB of data.
Efficient data migration
Redstor enabled Hill Dickinson to migrate 150TB of data to the cloud quickly and securely, eliminating the complexity and delays often associated with large-scale migrations.
Simplified management
Redstor’s intuitive, centralised interface allowed Hill Dickinson’s IT team to manage backups and recoveries effortlessly, freeing up time for higher-value work.
Faster recovery times
With Redstor’s InstantData™ technology, Hill Dickinson can now access critical files immediately, even while full restores are still in progress. This significantly reduced downtime and ensured business continuity.
The benefits: Faster, simpler data protection
Rapid, efficient migration
Hill Dickinson successfully migrated 150TB of data to Redstor’s cloud platform, streamlining protection without disruption.
Simplified IT operations
Automated backups and centralised management have reduced IT overheads and eliminated manual processes.
Immediate recoveries
Redstor’s InstantData™ technology ensures Hill Dickinson can recover files on demand, keeping critical operations running smoothly.
The bottom line
By adopting Redstor, Hill Dickinson transformed their backup and recovery strategy. Redstor’s cloud-first platform delivered faster migrations, simplified management, and rapid recovery capabilities—empowering Hill Dickinson to protect and access their growing data estate with confidence.
Key results:
- 150TB of data migrated efficiently to the cloud.
- Faster recoveries with Redstor’s InstantData™.
- Simplified, automated backup management.
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