Winchester College ensures hybrid data protection with Redstor’s cloud-first platform

Snapshot

• Industry: Education
• Environment: On-premise, Microsoft 365, Azure
• Location: UK

Key details

• Winchester College unified data protection across on-premise and cloud environments with Redstor.
• Redstor provided a centralised console, enabling borderless visibility and consistent protection policies.
• Avoided reliance on Microsoft for data backup, implementing a separate strategy to ensure resilience​.

The challenge

Winchester College, one of the UK’s most respected independent schools, needed a powerful data protection solution to safeguard critical student and operational data. With data spread across on-premise servers and cloud environments, they faced key challenges:

• Hybrid data complexity: Managing backups across on-premise and cloud systems was time-consuming and inefficient.
• Reliability concerns: Their existing solution lacked the speed and consistency needed to protect vital resources.
• Disaster recovery delays: Recovering data after an outage took too long, risking operational disruption for students and staff.

Winchester College needed a solution that provided reliable backup, rapid recovery, and reliable protection across both on-premise and cloud environments.

The solution: Hybrid backup and recovery with Redstor

Redstor’s cloud-first platform offered Winchester College the perfect solution to protect all their data, whether stored on-premise or in the cloud, through a single, unified interface.

Hybrid protection
Redstor’s platform combines cloud-first backups with on-premise support, ensuring Winchester College’s data is safeguarded wherever it resides.

Fast, reliable recovery
With Redstor’s InstantData™ technology, Winchester College can access critical files instantly, even while full recoveries continue in the background.

Simplified management
Redstor’s intuitive, centralised interface makes it easy for the IT team to monitor, manage, and recover data across the entire estate—on-premise and in the cloud.

The benefits: Robust protection tailored for education

Hybrid backup made easy
Winchester College achieved reliable protection for both on-premise servers and cloud environments through a single platform.

Faster recovery times
Redstor’s InstantData™ ensured minimal disruption, allowing students and staff to continue working even during data recovery processes.

Simplified IT management
With automated backups and a centralised interface, the IT team reduced management time and gained complete oversight of their data estate.

The bottom line

With Redstor, Winchester College achieved powerful, hybrid protection for their critical data. By combining cloud and on-premise backups with rapid recovery, Redstor ensures operational continuity, reduced IT overheads, and peace of mind for education leaders.

Key results:

• Reliable hybrid data protection for on-premise and cloud environments.
• Faster recovery times with Redstor’s InstantData™.
• Simplified, centralised management for IT teams.

Trusted by over 50% of UK schools, Redstor delivers cloud-first backup and recovery solutions tailored for education. Find a partner today to ensure your school’s data is always protected, recoverable, and ready for tomorrow.