A High-Performance, Scalable Big Data Appliance

A HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SCALABLE BIG DATA APPLIANCE LAURA CHU-VIAL, SENIOR PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

JOACHIM RAHMFELD, VP FIELD ALLIANCES OF SAP

Many companies that deploy traditional data warehouse solutions are finding it more

difficult to answer questions that the business is asking today as the environment lacks

the agility to report on all of the available data in real time. While data volume and data

sources explode, traditional ERP and BI applications have limited capacities and

capabilities to leverage these new information sets effectively. The ability to store data in-

memory is crucial to move business from traditional business intelligence to business

advantage through big data. Hitachi Data Systems has partnered with SAP to create a

high-performance and scalable big data appliance, combining the strength of SAP HANA

In-Memory Analytics and the benefits of the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP)

solution.

In this session, you’ll learn the following:

What SAP HANA is.

Why UCP Select for SAP HANA is the right big data solution.

The different types of big data business problems it can solve.

A HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SCALABLE BIG DATA APPLIANCE

WEBTECH EDUCATIONAL SERIES

BIG DATA IS MANY THINGS

UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER

CUSTOMER

360

CRM

SUPPLY CHAIN 360 VIEW

Inclement weather

Reprioritize inventory

− Example: Frozen foods

Real-time partner data

− Inventory tracking through sensors

Location-based intelligence

− Trucks

− Trains

− Airplane

− Ships

INSIGHT ACROSS YOUR OPERATIONS

BIG DATA IS TO MAXIMIZE COMPANY’S P&L

Operational and big data readiness

Incre

ase r

evenue

Set corporate

expectations

Cost

control

Increase sales

through

customer 360

Higher returns for

investors

Market advantage

CIO’S BIG DATA CHALLENGE

BW is slow

Need faster reporting Disparate

data sources

Data conversion

challenges

Need more complete analytics

BIG DATA SCENARIO WITH SAP HANA

Publish

Real-time data from

customers and

social media

Unstructured data

repository

ETL process

Existing structured

data from SAP

(POS, CRM)

Analyze buying

preferences and

customer loyalty Individualized

marketing

and retention

programs

Capture

Transform

Combine

Analytics

Decisions

1

2

4

5

GOAL: Leverage loyalty program for more

revenue

3

MOBILE

WEB HANA

SAP HANA (HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANALYTICAL APPLIANCE)

POWERING THE REAL-TIME BUSINESS

SAP HANA is an in-memory

database platform that allows

the processing of massive

quantities of real time data –

delivered as an appliance

What it means to the business:

‒ React in real-time to events

‒ Gain deep business visibility

‒ Drive business value from data

‒ Simplify operation

‒ Analyze data in real-time

WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT SAP HANA?

Query acceleration

‒ >300x faster db responses

‒ Responses in seconds instead of minutes or hours

Data Compression

‒ Fit all of your company data into one database

‒ Leverage native in-memory optimizations to reduce data sizes

‒ Data compression of 5:1 not unusual

HANA PROOF POINTS - BANKING

HOT OFF THE SAP PRESS (JANUARY 10, 2013)

“SUITE ON HANA” … AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR HANA PLATFORM

HANA is a journey, not a point solution…

plan for it!

Data protection and quality of service

are central requirements

Mission-critical readiness of the platform is becoming mandatory

Scalability is critical

HANA operations will need to live up to the same operational standards

as ERP today

Hitachi Focus:

Scale & Perform & Protect - With Enterprise SLAs

WHAT DOES HDS OFFER AROUND SAP HANA?

TWO ARCHITECTURAL CHOICES

SAP HANA scale-up:

Single-node SAP HANA appliance

Sizes: 256GB (S), 512GB (M), 1024GB (L)

Used for POCs, demos, smaller production

environments

SAP HANA scale-out:

Multi-node SAP HANA appliance

(node size: 512GB) with built-in HA

Certified for up to 16 nodes, beyond that

custom check with SAP

Used for larger HANA environments and

designed for the full HANA journey

HITACHI UCP SELECT FOR SAP HANA SCALE-UP

Key features and benefits:

Scalability and investment protection

Up to four Hitachi Blades delivering a

single HANA node with up to 80 cores

and 1,024GB of memory (CB 2000).

Availability

Fibre Channel storage for 99.999% data

availability (HUS 130)

Performance

Well-balanced system with Fibre Channel

storage and Fusion IO Gen 2 cards for

log files

Balanced system of compute, SSD and

storage

SAP HANA

preloaded

by HDS

SIZE MEMORY # BLADE SOCKETS CORES

SMALL 256GB 1 2 20

MEDIUM 512GB 2 4 40

LARGE 1,024GB 4 8 80

SCALE AND SIMPLIFY YOUR SAP LANDSCAPE

SCALABILITY AND EFFICIENCY

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all S

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Med

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12 G

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RM

QA

Customers can smoothly grow their HANA appliances without rip and

replace, lower TCO and protect the investment

Customers can deploy a large SAP environment “in a box,” saving TCO

HITACHI UCP SELECT FOR SAP HANA SCALE-OUT: HIGHLIGHTS

BENEFITS AND DIFFERENTIATION

Key components:

‒ The same Hitachi blades as for S/M/L (CB 2000). Node size: 500GB (M)

‒ Tier 1 enterprise-class direct-attach block storage (VSP), as used today for core SAP

‒ Usage of SAP HANA Storage Connector API for data and logs instead of NFS-type setups

Key benefits:

‒ Designed to support the full HANA journey

‒ True mission-critical robustness and performance

‒ Customers can rely on the same processes they use for ERP today

‒ Free of issues that NFS/MPFS implementations have (see SAP Note 1740136)

‒ Excellent investment protection

1 node

1 & 1 INTERNET AG

Overview

‒ Leading Internet service provider

‒ Businesses in DACH, UK, France, Spain, US and others

‒ 42 M accounts // 70,000 servers // 11 M contracts

Challenge

‒ Optimize debt management and lose no money on customer accounts

‒ Provide instant access and full view on debitor data

‒ SAP ECC with IS-T provides insufficient reporting

Why Hitachi and SAP HANA

‒ BW on SAP HANA provided best solution to analyze big data

‒ Hitachi because of know-how, scalability, price and fast delivery

‒ 10,000 times faster using SAP HANA on Hitachi

SAP SAPPHIRE AND TECHED EMEA

HITACHI CONSULTING AND HDS GLOBAL SERVICES – JOINT EFFORT TO DEPLOY SAP HANA

‒ Factory build SAP certified Converged Appliance to accelerate time to production

‒ Implement and integrate Hitachi UCP Select for SAP HANA™ appliances into customer IP networks

‒ knowledge transfer to accelerate the customer’s learning curve and increase ease of use

‒ Install and configure SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 analytics server platform

‒ Installation and configuration of SAP HANA clients

Additional Services from Hitachi Consulting

‒ SAP landscape assessment, SAP HANA sizing,

‒ Business analytics plan for HANA and reporting.

‒ Live in Five Deployment Service

‒ Live in Five Rapid Deployment Services (HANA Enterprise or BW)

* ETL = extraction, transformation, loading

Faster time to

production,

speed ROI

Accelerated

deployment

Provide

expertize and

skills

Scale Up and

Out capabilities

Knowledge

transfer

SUMMARY SAP AND HITACHI

Long-term alliance with SAP

Only vendor using external FC storage across the SAP HANA

portfolio

Only vendor to use Tier 1 enterprise-class storage in XL

appliances—the same storage that is used today the SAP

Business Suite

First and one of only two vendors using SAP HANA Storage

Connector APIs replacing NFS-based HA—avoiding data/HA

issues!

One vendor for servers and storage

Reduced OPEX and CAPEX

Designed to support your entire HANA journey—from analytics

to BW to ERP and beyond

Accelerate time to deployment with consulting and

implementation expertise

WHY HDS FOR SAP HANA?

BIG DATA

ONE PLATFORM FOR ALL DATA

MANAGING BIG DATA AT SCALE – ALL DATA TYPES

Dark

Data

Multi-protocol/

multi-data type

Virtualized

Data mobility

Single management

Infrastructure on

demand

HDI / HCP UCP

SAP Oracle Microsoft HNAS Hadoop

BIG DATA PARTNERS

Analytics

and

visualization

Data integration

Services

Converged

platform

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS

BW is slow

Need faster reporting Disparate data sources

Data conversion

challenges

Need more complete analytics

BW is faster

Quick query building

Big data analytics

360 view

Analyze all data

YOUR DATA IS

PROTECTED!

Contact your HDS account executive to learn more

about UCP Select for SAP HANA

Questions about SAP HANA, contact Joachim

Rahmfeld ([email protected])

Other big data questions, contact Laura Chu-Vial

([email protected])

CALL TO ACTION

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

UPCOMING WEBTECHS

Big Data Webcast Series

‒ Big Data: Shining the Light on Enterprise Dark Data, April 17, 9 a.m. PT, noon ET

‒ HDS Big Data Roadmap, coming soon…

Archive, Backup and Consolidation (ABC) WebTech Series

‒ Archive First: An Intelligent Data Archival Strategy, March 14, 9 a.m. PT, noon ET

‒ Reduce Costs and Complexity with Backup-Free Storage, March 20, 9 a.m. PT, noon ET

‒ Consolidate More: High Performance Primary Deduplication in the Age of Abundant Capacity, March 27, 9 a.m. PT, noon ET

Check www.hds.com/webtech for:

Links to the recording, the presentation and Q&A (available next week)

Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions

THANK YOU