SGI releases tool to scale SAP HANA

Milpitas, Calif. –- SGI, a provider of data analytics solutions and an SAP global technology partner, has introduced SGI UV for SAP HANA. It is a purpose-built, in-memory computing appliance for growing environments running the SAP HANA platform.



SAP-certified and available as a four- or eight-socket single-node system with up to 6TBs of in-memory computing, SGI’s new appliance is designed to enable the largest enterprises to achieve real-time operations and business breakthroughs with SAP HANA at extreme scale, helping to lower cost of ownership, while providing business continuity.



SGI UV for SAP HANA utilizes a scale-up, single-node architecture designed to deliver performance at large-scale platform capacities.



The single-node will allow enterprises to run applications free from the overhead of clustered appliances and reduce installation time, as there are no cluster nodes, cluster network, or SAN to configure and administer. And there will not be a need for database partitioning or re-balancing I/O when increasing the size of the SGI appliance. Operational costs are reduced, high availability is streamlined, and capacity can be increased seamlessly with near-linear performance.



The appliance arrives pre-configured with SAP HANA running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. It is deployed by SGI professional services and SAP offers licensing for SAP HANA and first-line support for the solution.