Case Study: Westfund achieves 4x storage performance and slashes application wait times from 28s to 1s with NetApp hybrid cloud

Westfund transitions to cloud-based solutions and sees benefits

Westfund, an Australian health insurer serving more than 110,000 members, faced rising data demands and performance issues from an aging on‑premises storage environment (25 production SQL databases totaling ~9 TB) and previously limited telco bandwidth that constrained cloud adoption. Slowed backups and SQL performance degraded member‑facing applications and development velocity, prompting a move to a cloud‑ready, hybrid storage solution.

Partnering with Canary IT, Westfund deployed NetApp AFF A‑Series arrays with ONTAP integrated into their VMware environment and migrated to a cloud‑enabled hybrid data center. The upgrade delivered a 4x storage performance improvement, cut claim application wait times from 28 seconds to 1 second, produced roughly AUD 100K/year in productivity savings, simplified disaster recovery and administration, accelerated development cycles, and positioned the company for a cloud‑first future.

Westfund

Daniel McLoughlan

Technical Services Manager