case study
EMERGENCY SERVICE
Russell Drury discovers how , following a fire at a school in the South of England , an online back up system from Redstor restored all of the student data .
Founded in 1963 as a comprehensive school and established as an academy in 2011 , The Academy , Selsey forms part of The Kemnal Academies Trust ( TKAT ). This trust is the largest multi-academy trust in the South of England comprising over 40 primary and secondary academies .
Located on the south coast of England , The Academy , Selsey has approximately 400 students and prides itself on the role it has within the local community . The Academy ’ s overall aim is to invest in the development of students who appreciate the value of learning . Students who graduate from The Academy are able to make a full contribution to society .
Tape based back up inefficiency Prior to using Redstor ’ s cloud back up software and services to store student data , The Academy was using a traditional tape based back up method . Whilst this process was able to successfully back up The Academy ’ s 1TB of student data , it also presented a number of challenges for the school ’ s IT manager , Daniel Sapseid .
Firstly , the efficiency of the back up process was becoming problematic as it would often take up to two full days for a full back up to complete . Daniel Sapseid comments , ‘ I would often leave the back up process to complete over the weekend and then would take the tapes home with me . Looking back , I see it wasn ’ t the most efficient way to store critical student data as a large part of my time was spent ensuring the back ups had been completed in the first place .’
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