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SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. With in-memory computing, compressed data is stored in RAM rather than in a relational database on disk. Organizations use the SAP HANA 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.
The solution that this guide describes uses SAP HANA in a tailored data center integration (TDI) deployment scenario on PowerStore enterprise storage systems. These storage systems meet the SAP HANA performance and functional requirements and have SAP certification. SAP certification means that customers can use PowerStore systems for SAP HANA TDI deployments in a fully supported environment using their existing data center infrastructures.
The configuration recommendations in this guide are based on SAP’s high availability (HA) requirements and the performance test results that are required to meet SAP’s key performance indicators (KPIs) for SAP HANA TDI.