Case Study: Midsize Insurance and Annuities Company achieves 80% lower database latency and faster claims processing with NetApp All Flash FAS

Accelerating Delivery of Vital Insurance Services with NetApp All Flash FAS

A midsize U.S. life insurance and annuities company migrating applications from a legacy mainframe to open systems needed consistently low latency and high performance for claims management, policy administration, and financial systems, plus headroom for growth and lower operating costs. Delivering fast, reliable service to employees, agents, and customers—across Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, and 350 Citrix virtual desktops—was a critical business challenge.

The company moved its critical databases and virtual desktops to NetApp All Flash FAS (with FAS8060 Flash Pool and FAS3250 Flash Cache) running clustered Data ONTAP and OnCommand management tools. The change cut core database latency by 80% to under 1 ms, accelerated claims processing, freed 70% of storage capacity through deduplication, reduced space/power/cooling costs, and provided scalable, nondisruptive infrastructure to support growth and the mainframe-to-virtual migration.