Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 Achieves Certification for SAP HANA

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. announced that it’s all-flash storage OceanStor Dorado V3 is certified by SAP as an enterprise storage solution for the SAP HANA platform.

V3 with two controllers supports up to 18 SAP HANA nodes, and additionally leveraging V3 with SAP HANA supports customers by offering performance and reliability.

Customers can choose V3 for their SAP HANA-based core data processing platforms. Leveraging Huawei’s best practices related to SAP software in industries, It can improve the efficiency of a system running SAP software by at least 30%, with the data query time shortened to the microsecond level, expediting online data transactions and real-time analytics.

SAP HANA is a real-time database based on in-memory computing, providing a data platform for transactions, business analytics, predictive analytics, planning and business processing. It is applied to manufacturing, finance, public service and many other industries. Customers are challenged in terms of surging data volume, increasing performance requirements, as well as storage efficiency. An end-to-end real-time computing platform can help them meet these challenges.

V3 can support two times more SAP HANA nodes than a traditional storage system with the same capacity, enabling SAP HANA nodes to scale up and out more flexibly. It is equipped with such value-added features as HyperMetro gateway-free active-active design, remote replication and lossless snapshot. The HyperMetro active-active solution supports business availability. The consistency groups in remote replication support consistency of DR data among SAP applications. Lossless snapshot implements construction of an SAP development and test system. The multiple reliability patents of Huawei flash media help extend the service life of flash media by three times.

”The certification of our enterprise storage solution for SAP HANA is further proof of Huawei’s dedication to providing customers with better data services, with data reliability and processing efficiency placed on top,” said Meng Guangbin, president, IT storage product line, Huawei. “SAP is a long-term strategic partner of Huawei. We hope to further our partnership with SAP and continue offering customers access to a new, innovative data-service experience.“

The certification signified a milestone in the cooperation between the two companies. Taking advantage of SAP’s professional experience regarding platform and enterprise solutions as well as market insight, Huawei intends to work together with SAP to develop a series of solutions based on SAP HANA. These solutions will be designed to provide real-time data processing and insight capabilities, targeted at enhancing operational efficiency and accelerating digital transformation.