A major UK wealth management organisation partnered with Advania to redesign its backup architecture, reducing costs while improving reliability and scalability.
🔎At a glance
- One of the UK’s largest mutual life and pension providers
- Leading wealth management organisation
- 2,500 users
🚨The challenge
The organisation’s legacy backup environment relied heavily on software-based backup systems that struggled to meet modern data demands.
Challenges included:
- Shrinking backup windows
- Legacy infrastructure limiting reliability
- Increasing data volumes
- Need for a scalable, future-ready solution
💡The approach
Advania designed a new modular backup architecture combining modern backup software with scalable storage technology.
The project included:
- Backup solution redesign
- Proof of concept testing
- Deployment of disk-based backup architecture
- Long-term support and scalability planning
☑️The outcome
- Backup infrastructure deployed at half the cost of competitor proposals
- Reduced data footprint
- Highly scalable architecture
- Predictable long-term support model
⚡️Why this matters
Financial institutions rely on resilient backup infrastructure to protect sensitive customer data. A modern architecture ensures organisations can scale storage while maintaining reliability and cost efficiency.
