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SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. In in-memory computing, compressed data is stored in RAM rather than on disk in a relational database. Organizations use the SAP HANA data platform for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other business applications, enabling them to process and analyze live data and make real-time business decisions.
Dell PowerStore is a midrange enterprise storage system that is optimized for simplicity across the storage life cycle. For more information, see Dell PowerStore platform.
The Dell Validated Design (DVD) that this guide describes uses SAP HANA in a tailored data center integration (TDI) deployment scenario on a PowerStore storage system. PowerStore systems meet the SAP HANA performance and functional requirements and have SAP certification, which means that customers can use these systems for SAP HANA TDI deployments in a fully supported environment using their existing data center infrastructures.