Case Study: Vital Energi achieves 10-minute report generation and up to 20× faster applications with NetApp (AFF8040 & AltaVault)

Optimizes Energy Efficiency in Real Time with NetApp All Flash FAS

Vital Energi, a UK energy services company that designs and manages low‑carbon heat and power systems, was struggling to keep up with rapid growth as its reporting needs ballooned — analyzing 5–6 TB of SQL data (growing ~1 TB every four months) and producing business‑critical reports that took 3–5 hours. Its legacy storage could no longer support fast, scalable report generation or the operational demands of expanding smart‑meter and performance‑contract work.

Working with Gardner Systems, Vital Energi deployed NetApp AFF8040 all‑flash storage and NetApp AltaVault cloud‑integrated backup. The new platform runs applications up to 20× faster, cut report generation from hours to about 10 minutes (with plans to reach single digits), simplified backup and recovery, reduced power and rack footprint, lowered costs, and unlocked new business opportunities through faster analytics and secure, cost‑effective archiving.

Vital Energi

Jon Woan

IT Operations Manager