The tests that Dell Technologies performed with SAP HANA on PowerStore storage systems showed that:
- SAP HANA production installations on PowerStore meet the SAP HANA storage performance KPIs when the configuration and scalability rules that are described in this guide are applied.
- PowerStore can provide block-only ot unified (block and file) certified storage for FC SAN and NAS/NFS deployments, including shared files systems such as /hana/shared or /sapmnt/SID, even for FC SAN deployments.
- SAP HANA performance and scalability are the same regardless of whether PowerStore is configured with single parity (single tolerance R5) or dual parity (double tolerance R6).
- Using PowerStore clusters for block storage with up to four appliances enables you to linearly scale the number of FC SAN-connected SAP HANA nodes up to 112 nodes.
- PowerStore always-on inline data reduction provides significant storage efficiency and reduces the capacity requirement. Specific savings might vary depending on use case scenarios.