Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced that the new scale-out capabilities of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Select for the SAP HANA platform have been certified by SAP.
The platform enables enterprises to achieve higher performance, scalability and data persistence for faster analysis of large volumes of data over a distributed environment. The new scale-out architecture combines Hitachi Compute Blade with Hitachi enterprise-class data storage, and supports up to 16 nodes today with further expansion in the future.
The announcement was made at the SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd conferences being held in Madrid (Spain) through November 16.
Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for SAP HANA gives today’s information-driven enterprises the ability to accelerate business decisions and provides real-time insights based on innovative in-memory analysis of massive datasets.
The solution delivers SAP’s next-generation, in-memory computing technology on an integrated, optimized hardware platform, which combines Hitachi blade server technology and enterprise-class storage systems with industry-standard network components. Together, Hitachi and SAP are enabling organizations to unlock answers, insights and new value, faster than ever before.
“Large and even some midsize businesses seek higher quality and more timely access to data to facilitate real-time operational analytics with 24/7 applications,” said John Mansfield, Executive Vice-President, Global Solutions Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems.
