Back to All Partners EXAGRID INVITE Networks is an ExaGrid backup storage partner, architecting and managing tiered backup appliances for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. INVITE handles appliance sizing, backup software integration, and ongoing management — so IT teams get fast backups, efficient retention, and ransomware-resistant recovery without adding headcount. TL;DR: ExaGrid’s Tiered Backup Storage appliances combine a fast, non-deduplicated landing zone for quick backups and restores with a deduplicated repository tier for cost-efficient long-term retention, plus a non-network-facing tier that keeps a delayed copy safe from ransomware. INVITE sizes, deploys, and manages ExaGrid appliances as part of its broader data center and backup strategy. This page is for IT directors and CISOs evaluating an ExaGrid partner who can own backup storage end to end. What does INVITE Networks deliver as an ExaGrid partner? ExaGrid’s Tiered Backup Storage product line spans seven appliance models, each sized for a combination of daily backup volume and long-term retention. Its two-tier design keeps recent backups on a fast landing zone for quick backup windows and rapid restores, while older data moves to a deduplicated repository tier for efficient long-term storage — avoiding the tradeoff most backup storage forces between speed and cost. INVITE integrates ExaGrid’s technology into a full data center strategy: sizing the right appliance for an organization’s backup volume and retention requirements, integrating it with the organization’s existing backup software, and managing capacity, firmware, and performance going forward through INVITE’s managed services. Why do Salt Lake City and Phoenix organizations choose INVITE for ExaGrid tiered backup storage? Backup windows that run long, restores that take hours, and storage costs that climb every time retention policies get stricter are common symptoms of backup infrastructure that has not kept pace with data growth. ExaGrid’s tiered architecture addresses all three, but only when it is sized correctly against actual backup volume and retention needs — a sizing exercise that benefits from a partner who has done it before. A manufacturing company in Salt Lake City with a nightly backup window that had crept past ten hours moved to an ExaGrid appliance that INVITE sized and deployed alongside its existing backup software. The new landing-zone tier cut the backup window to under three hours and reduced full-system restore time from most of a business day to under two hours — a difference that mattered the next time a server failure required an emergency recovery. How does INVITE deploy and manage ExaGrid as part of its data center services? INVITE treats ExaGrid deployment as an extension of its data center and infrastructure work, not a standalone appliance drop-off. That means assessing existing backup software, network topology, and retention requirements up front, then configuring the appliance’s landing zone and repository tiers to match actual recovery point and recovery time objectives rather than generic defaults. Ongoing management includes capacity monitoring so a repository tier never runs short during a critical retention period, firmware updates scheduled around backup windows, and configuration of ExaGrid’s non-network-facing tier, which keeps a delayed, isolated copy of backup data safe even if an attacker gains access to the production network — a capability INVITE aligns with its broader cybersecurity services when ransomware resilience is the priority. What ExaGrid products does INVITE deploy and manage? ExaGrid’s appliance lineup ranges from smaller models suited to branch offices and mid-market environments up to high-capacity models built for enterprise backup volumes, all sharing the same tiered architecture and scale-out design. INVITE selects the model that matches an organization’s current backup footprint while accounting for data growth, and can scale a deployment by adding appliances to an existing GRID rather than forcing a forklift upgrade when capacity needs change. Looking for an ExaGrid partner who manages the environment, not just sells the hardware? Contact INVITE to discuss an ExaGrid engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: ExaGrid Backup Storage Is INVITE an authorized ExaGrid partner? Yes. INVITE partners directly with ExaGrid to sell, deploy, and support Tiered Backup Storage appliances, and integrates them with the backup software organizations already run. Can INVITE manage ExaGrid backup storage without an internal backup team? Yes. Most of INVITE’s ExaGrid clients do not have a dedicated backup administrator on staff. INVITE’s managed services team handles sizing, deployment, capacity monitoring, firmware updates, and recovery testing on an ongoing basis. How is ExaGrid’s tiered architecture different from standard deduplication appliances? Most deduplication appliances apply deduplication to all data immediately, which slows down both backups and restores. ExaGrid’s landing zone holds the most recent backups in a non-deduplicated, fast-access tier before moving older data to the deduplicated repository tier, which keeps recent backup and restore performance fast while still getting the storage efficiency of deduplication for long-term retention. How long does it take to deploy ExaGrid with INVITE? A single-appliance deployment integrated with existing backup software typically takes about a week from sizing to production backups. Multi-site or GRID deployments take longer depending on data volume and network readiness, but most organizations see meaningfully faster backup windows within the first deployment cycle.
