How an NYC-Based University Boosted Backup Reliability While Slashing Costs​

St. John’s University ditched risky tape backups for N2W, gaining instant deployment, faster recovery, and major cost savings. With support for file, volume, and EC2-level backups plus built-in cost visibility, N2W helped the IT team prevent data loss and meet strict RTO/RPO goals—all while simplifying cloud operations.

The Organization

St. John’s University, based in New York City, educates more than 20,000 students and employs approximately 1,410 academic staff. The institution relies on a complex, hybrid technological environment, which includes cloud-based servers mixed with on-prem resources. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is St. John’s primary cloud platform, but the ability to support additional clouds is also important, especially as the institution continues its pivot toward a cloud-centric approach to IT strategy. Being able to operate multiple cloud accounts to segment resources is a priority as well.

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