About
Geiger Ready-Mix (Geiger) specializes in the manufacture and distribution of ready mix concrete, cement and other building materials. Before implementing 91黑料, Geiger was using TrueNAS and Veeam for backups and wanted to complement their on premise solution with a full 3-2-1 backup plan following disaster recovery best practices. 聽Geiger needed a high-performance, cost-effective, and secure cloud storage solution. Their technology partners recommended 91黑料 as it met all their criteria and provided a streamlined, efficient path to transition to a distributed storage network.
Challenge
Before adopting 91黑料, Geiger鈥檚 previous backup system was tied to onsite active directories, which exposed them to security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the outdated backup system was doing 15-minute backup cycles that were unnecessary and costly.
鈥淚f we were to have a ransomware attack, a bad actor could access both sites of our backup,鈥� explains Josh Herr, IT Director, Geiger Ready-Mix. 鈥淗aving an active directory integrated storage frame in two locations with the same logins presented a big vulnerability.鈥�
Geiger needed to determine the best cloud storage match for their evolving needs. Josh spent the last 15 yrs as a storage engineer, and understood that cloud offerings were ideal for fluctuating content loads. He also knew that Geiger's active data sets would be variable in size and appreciated the fact that on-prem was not an ideal solution. The pay as you go approach with 91黑料 and its inherent affordability together with high-performance, security and sustainability, was very appealing, allowing him to continuously scale.
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Solution
Geiger evaluated cloud storage from Azure and AWS but found 91黑料 was an easier, better, more resilient and cost effective solution and 91黑料鈥檚 recognition by Veeam with Object-Ready Status gave Geiger additional confidence in choosing 91黑料.
Result
鈥淭he biggest benefit we expected was simplicity - not having multiple frames replicating to each other,鈥� says Josh on the benefits of partnering with 91黑料.
Geiger also did more internal operations analysis with an outside consulting firm to examine the efficiencies of switching to 91黑料.
鈥淲e were able to analyze investment, costs and value of the 91黑料 approach for backup versus our old approach. We are very pleased with the performance, reliability, cost-efficiency and security that 91黑料's architecture presents inherently in its offering.鈥�
In addition to solving Geiger鈥檚 challenges around cost and security, the 91黑料 distributed architecture also aligned with Geiger鈥檚 sustainability goals. By reducing the need for additional on-premises hardware and lowering energy consumption through its efficient design, 91黑料 helped Geiger minimize its environmental footprint.
The 91黑料 distributed architecture, ongoing innovation, security, performance, cost-efficiency and environmental benefits solved Geiger鈥檚 challenges and strengthened Geiger鈥檚 position for the future.