How Geiger Ready-Mix Enhanced Efficiency and Sustainability with Storj

Before partnering with Storj, Geiger’s previous backup system was tied to onsite active directories, which exposed them to security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the outdated backup system was doing 15-minute backup cycles that were unnecessary and costly.

“If we were to have a ransomware attack, a bad actor could access both sites of our backup,” explains Josh Herr, IT Director, Geiger Ready-Mix. “Having an active directory integrated storage frame in two locations with the same logins presented a big vulnerability.”

Geiger needed to determine the best cloud storage match for their evolving needs. He spent the last 15 yrs as a storage engineer, and understood that cloud offerings were ideal for fluctuating content loads. He also knew that Geiger's active data sets would be variable in size and appreciated the fact that on-prem was not an ideal solution. The pay as you go approach with Storj and its inherent affordability together with high-performance, security and sustainability was very appealing.

Geiger evaluated cloud storage from Azure and AWS but found Storj was an easier, better, more resilient and cost effective solution and Storj’s recognition by Veeam with Object-Ready Status gave Geiger additional confidence in choosing Storj.

“The biggest benefit we expected was simplicity - not having multiple frames replicating to each other,” says Josh on the benefits of partnering with Storj.

Geiger also did more internal operations analysis with an outside consulting firm to examine the efficiencies of switching to Storj.

“We were able to analyze investment, costs and value of the Storj approach for backup versus our old approach. We are very pleased with the performance, reliability, cost-efficiency and security that Storj's architecture presents inherently in its offering.

The Storj distributed architecture, ongoing innovation, security, performance, and cost-efficiency solved Geiger’s challenges and strengthened Geiger’s position for the future.