Overview
The County of Santa Clara, CA initiated a data protection and resiliency enhancement project to modernize its backup infrastructure, strengthen cyber recovery readiness, and support hybrid cloud operations across critical public sector workloads.
As data volumes grow and cyber threats become more sophisticated, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performance backup and recovery systems is essential for maintaining operational continuity in government environments. To support its long-term IT strategy, the County engaged Saitech Inc. to deliver a robust, enterprise-grade data protection solution aligned with its performance, security, and scalability requirements.
The Challenge
The County of Santa Clara required a modern data protection framework capable of addressing increasing data growth, evolving ransomware threats, and the need for reliable hybrid cloud integration.
Key challenges included:
- Ensuring fast and reliable backup and recovery across on-premises and cloud environments
- Strengthening ransomware detection and cyber recovery capabilities
- Reducing operational complexity associated with legacy backup systems
- Supporting mission-critical workloads with minimal downtime and maximum data availability
To meet these requirements, the County needed a scalable and secure solution that could simplify data management while improving resilience and recovery performance.
The Solution
As a trusted technology partner to government and healthcare institutions, Saitech Inc. delivered a Rubrik enterprise data management solution designed for high performance, security, and scalability.
The solution included the deployment of Rubrik R7420 appliances, featuring a 4-node architecture with 240TB of raw HDD capacity and NVMe acceleration, enabling high-throughput data ingestion, fast backup operations, and low-latency recovery performance.
Key components of the solution included:
- Rubrik R7420 Appliance – 4-node architecture with 240TB raw HDD and NVMe acceleration for high-performance data operations
- Rubrik Enterprise Edition licensing with premium support for a 3-year term
- Rubrik NAS Cloud Direct Business Edition for efficient cloud-based data management
- Premium hardware and software support subscriptions for 36 months
- Professional services for deployment and optimization, including remote consulting services
This implementation, valued at over $1 million, supports enterprise-scale data protection requirements across the County’s IT infrastructure.
Rubrik provides professional services support for one year, ensuring proper deployment, configuration, and optimization of the platform.
Impact and Results
Through this implementation, the County of Santa Clara is strengthening its data protection capabilities and improving overall IT resilience.
Key outcomes include:
- Unified backup and recovery across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments
- Automated ransomware detection and rapid recovery capabilities
- Simplified data management and reduced operational overhead
- Improved data availability and faster recovery times for critical workloads
This initiative supports the County’s long-term strategy for secure, scalable, and resilient data infrastructure, ensuring readiness against evolving cyber threats while enabling efficient IT operations.
Strengthen Your Data Protection Strategy
Public sector organizations cannot rely on legacy backup systems in today’s evolving threat landscape. If your organization is evaluating enterprise data protection, ransomware recovery, or hybrid cloud backup solutions, Saitech Inc. provides the expertise and strategic guidance required to modernize your infrastructure.
Contact us to design and implement a scalable data protection solution aligned with your operational, security, and compliance requirements.
