Case Study: AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE achieves 6x faster performance and 50% less storage with NetApp

World’s Largest Producer of Military Jet Trainers Can Fly High with NetApp Solutions

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE, one of the world’s oldest aircraft manufacturers, designs and builds military and civil jets and supports a fully digital value chain for 2,000 employees. Facing rapidly growing file data, strict security needs for military production, and demanding CAD/CAM and virtualized workloads, the company needed faster, more reliable storage, robust backup and disaster recovery, and simpler data management.

Partnering with Salto, Aero deployed NetApp solutions—including All Flash FAS, FAS systems, E-Series backup, and ONTAP features like Snapshot, SnapMirror and SnapVault—integrated with Veeam. The upgrade delivered a 6× performance boost, cut storage needs by ~50% through deduplication and compression, enabled high‑availability replication across two data centers, simplified self-service restores, reduced tape reliance, and freed IT to focus on security and strategic initiatives.

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE

Pavel Pekárek

Operating Systems Administration Manager