PacMoore Deploys Echopath Cloud Backup Powered by Asigra

Asigra Inc., a cloud backup, recovery and
restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, announced that contract
manufacturing PacMoore Corporation,
has selected Asigra cloud-based data recovery for enterprise data protection.

PacMoore replaced its legacy tape backup system with Echopath LLC’s cloud backup powered by Asigra and
now boasts greater recovery performance, reliability and ease-of-use since
making the transition.

Headquartered in Hammond, Indiana, PacMoore Products is a provider of contract
manufacturing, contract packaging, and turnkey solutions for the global food
industry, serving clients that include General Mills, Kraft/Nabisco and
Pinnacle Foods.

A privately-held company founded over 18 years ago, PacMoore is a contract manufacturers, processing and packaging more
than 150 million pounds of dry food ingredients per year. It made the
switch to cloud-based data recovery when its IT needs overwhelmed the company’s
tape backup solution, which had become increasingly cumbersome and cost
prohibitive.

When the volume of PacMoore’s production data grew from 12 to 20TB and the
number of Xen Server-powered VMs expanded from 10 to 30 servers across three
physical systems, the company’s tape-based backup system became burdensome,
requiring extensive management time and financial resources to keep pace.
PacMoore modernized its backup environment with Echopath’s cloud-based data
recovery solution powered by Asigra to ensure the recovery of its critical
information. This included application data from Exchange, SQL Server and the
company’s ERP system as well as a large volume of file data.

All of this data
is now automatically and regularly backed up according to policies set by
PacMoore. In addition to protecting the company’s server data, PST Archive
files on desktop and laptop systems are also protected using the
cloud-based recovery solution.

"When we initially started looking
for alternatives to tape backup, we looked at Echopath," said Scott
Reid, VP, operations for PacMoore. "They
presented us with a solution that would eliminate the hassle of cataloging and
sending backup tapes offsite and retrieving them for lengthy data recovery
processes. With the service now fully deployed and several successful
recoveries under our belt, the Asigra-based solution has given us the assurance
of knowing our data is always accessible."

Since making the transition, PacMoore has been impressed with the scalability,
recovery response time and ability to recover locally or from Echopath’s remote
data center. Other benefits include the ability to recover data back to any
system/device in the network, including physical servers, VMs and/or desktops.
Asigra’s device and platform solution ensures that all enterprise data
is protected, allowing PacMoore to eliminate point solutions and consolidate
backup operations. Finally, the solution simplifies backup
management and frees up IT resources.

"Tape is no longer a viable option
given other alternatives now available in the marketplace. cloud-based data
recovery is so much easier than having to find, load and retrieve data from
tapes," said Scott Reid, VP of operations, PacMoore. "Thanks to Echopath and Asigra we have shaved
off the number of hours spent on backup and substantially improved our ability
to recover from a data loss event regardless of where the data was originally
located."

Benefits of Asigra software
solution for PacMoore include:

• Scheduled automatic backups that ensure CDP;
• Easy, manageable and rapid response data recovery;
• Enterprise fault tolerant capabilities for BC;
• NIST FIPS 140-2 certified security advanced encryption for data in-flight and
  at-rest, and;
• Agentless architecture for scalability as the volume of data grows.

"Cloud-based data recovery allows
PacMoore to overcome the limitations of traditional backup software and legacy
tape solutions," says Chad Whaley, president of Echopath. "With high-performance recovery and dynamic
capacity scaling to handle unlimited data growth, the technology enables
businesses to recover thoroughly and quickly while minimizing operational and
management costs."