Case Study: Mediengruppe Pressedruck achieves fast, reliable news delivery with NetApp hybrid‑cloud all‑flash storage

Mediengruppe Pressedruck depends on the cloud to deliver the daily news

Mediengruppe Pressedruck is a long‑standing German media group whose flagship newspapers (Augsburger Allgemeine, Mainpost, Südkurier) produce 55 editions daily and rely on fast, always‑available access to large volumes of editorial and image data. Facing intense competition, rising data growth, and the need to deliver paid content and modern remote workplaces, the group needed a cloud‑based storage platform that would eliminate downtime, speed workflows, and scale archival capacity for hundreds of editors and thousands of users.

Working with SVA, the IT team implemented a NetApp hybrid cloud—all‑flash AFF systems (including an AFF A300 MetroCluster IP), NetApp StorageGRID object storage, SnapMirror/Snapshot, FabricPool tiering and SaaS Backup—while removing an FC SAN and migrating live with VMware/Hyper‑V. The result is faster, more reliable daily production and business continuity across two data centers, a one‑third reduction in flash capacity needs, support for 450+ virtual servers and 1,500 workstations, archiving of ~1,000 pages per day, robust ransomware protection, and rapid scaling of home‑office and digital workflows.

Mediengruppe Pressedruck

Günter Aue

Head of IT Infrastructure