Veeam Helps Australian Paper Realize Its Hyper-Availability Goals<\/span><\/span><\/h1> <\/span> <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text basel_color_scheme=”light” el_class=”display-6″]\u201cVeeam works so well behind the scenes. It not only enables restoration of our
\ndata when needed but Veeam delivers increased cost-efficiency and simplicity of
\nuse in retaining our business-critical information.\u201d Says – Frank Braun, IT
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About Australian Paper<\/span><\/span><\/h2> <\/span> <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Australian Paper is a vertically integrated manufacturer of pulp, paper, envelopesand stationery. It is Australia\u2019s only manufacturer of office and printing papers,bag, sack, lightweight packaging and industrial papers and a major supplier of kraft liner board for the cardboard carton industry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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The Business Challenge<\/span><\/span><\/h4> <\/span> <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]With a history spanning 150 years, Australian Paper\u2019s mission is underpinned by its commitment to creating sustainable growth for the next generation. The work of Australian Paper supports 5,786 direct and flow-out jobs Australian wide and contributes $900 million to Australia\u2019s GDP.<\/p>\n

To support the organisation\u2019s mission, the hyper-availability of data and its retention is critical. With such a profound mission and commitment to sustainability, the organisation needs to be mindful of operational costs, and adjust spending accordingly.<\/p>\n

The primary focus for Australian Paper was for long term data retention and Hyper-Availability, hence the need for backup of critical business data and data restoration. The legacy backup solution did not align with Australian Paper\u2019s IT requirements, was expensive, and additional storage capacity would require investment in more hardware. This was not financially viable for the business, which aims to keep cost low to create sustainable growth for the next generation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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The Veeam Solution<\/span><\/span><\/h4> <\/span> <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

In searching for a solution to their challenges, Frank Braun considered a number of options, and sought advice from an IT consultant to find something less complex. TRT helped Australian Paper weigh up their options, landing on a perfect-fit solution of Veeam\u00ae Backup & Replication\u2122 Enterprise Edition with its QNAP storage infrastructure.
\n\u201cThe legacy backup solution was costing upwards of $270,000 over a five-year period, with no additional benefits. It was all proprietary too, which meant we would have to use specific brands of hardware if we needed more capacity, at an additional cost,\u201d said Frank Braun. \u201cCost, its notable simplicity, and features like compression and de-duplication were the main drivers for implementing Veeam. There was virtually no training required \u2013 a junior IT operator would be able to use this solution,\u201d said Frank Braun. Frank Braun noted, \u201cWhen approaching the challenge of selecting a new availability solution, we needed to consider our existing technology solutions and ensure the new option was going to fit seamlessly and just feel right.\u201d
\nThe Team at TRT Solutions Limited worked closely with Australian Paper to drive their digital transformation journey. They recognised the company needed a simple and cost-effective solution to integrate effortlessly in their existing IT environment.
\n\u201cAustralian Paper didn\u2019t realise how time consuming its legacy solution backups were. Once they started using Veeam, they realised they didn\u2019t need to create pages of documentation for others to follow recoveries. Veeam was much more intuitive and met all of their financial requirements too,\u201d said TRT.
\n\u201cVeeam offers a much more flexible and cost-effective solution, fairing at $64,000 over five years, with no additional cost for maintenance, saving us a staggering total of $206,000 which can be better spent in other areas of the business, such as developing its operations and pursuing growth markets to achieve Australian Paper\u2019s sustainability mission,\u201d added Frank Braun.
\n\u201cWe have a total of 90 virtual machines (VMs), 10 of which contain critical business data on SharePoint, Exchange and File Server. The Veeam solution protects 70 terabytes of business-critical data, while only using 40 terabytes of storage,\u201d affirms Frank Braun.
\n\u201cVeeam has meant we are able to back up double the data in the same time and this is no longer impinging on other operations. Our server-state backups now have the ability to recover or duplicate a working server from a snapshot, incremental backups have allowed for a reduction in business disruption and the ability to create synthetic full backups from them,\u201d adds Jim Mamatis, Wintel Infrastructure Manager at Australian Paper.
\nSince implementing Veeam with the help of TRT Global Solutions, the Australia Paper team has also seen a notable difference in the speed at which they canrecover data, ensuring their 1,250 employees suffer minimal interruptions in their day-to-day.<\/p>\n

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The Results<\/span><\/span><\/h4> <\/span> <\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\u2022 Cost effective and simple hyper-availability solution for critical business data; saved AU$206,000 in five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnother vendor proposed a similar solution as Veeam, however it was nowhere near as cost-efficient. At the end of the day, long term retention and data protection is what we require from our backup solution provider, and Veeam provides this, with the capacity to offer more and it does this seamlessly,\u201d concluded Frank Braun.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Reduced risk of data loss, ensuring high availability of critical data with reliable backup and restoration in minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot easier to retrieve archived data. Where the legacy solution used to take between two to three hours to recover lost data, say, from a mailbox, Veeam can recover in minutes, improving overall productivity. What we have found to be superior about the Veeam solution is its Exchange and SharePoint backup databases. For file servers, anyone can do it and do it well. Exchange and SharePoint require a special type of capability and Veeam ticks the boxes here for a fast and reliable data recovery solution,\u201d affirms Frank Braun.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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