SAP HANA, combined with ActiveDR, provides businesses with a powerful solution for continuous, near-synchronous data replication. In simple terms, this means that a local database site can replicate its data almost simultaneously to a remote site. This setup minimizes the risk of data loss and ensures that, in the event of failure, systems can be quickly recovered with virtually no loss of recent data. The result is enhanced operational continuity and improved customer satisfaction by keeping critical business processes running smoothly.
This solution includes the following deployment types and topologies:
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SAP HANA scale-up and scale-out deployment types
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SAP HANA databases running on either bare metal or virtual machines
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FlashArray storage using Fibre Channel or Ethernet connectivity
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A local or wide area network between data centers
Solution Benefits
ActiveDR offers several strategic benefits for businesses using SAP HANA:
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No additional licensing: ActiveDR is included with FlashArray at no extra cost. Additionally, with ActiveDR, the secondary SAP HANA instance is on standby, reducing resource costs.
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Reduced complexity: ActiveDR can replicate databases at the storage level with varied deployments, including scale-up or scale-out configurations, enabling administrators to focus on database management for their unique business use cases.
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Simple, non-disruptive test failovers: Storage and database administrators can test ActiveDR failovers with SAP HANA without disrupting operations at the primary site. This is ideal for any SAP HANA configuration, including test and development workflows, as it doesn't impact recovery point objectives or recovery time objectives.
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Fast recovery and failovers: Storage administrators can perform failovers on protected SAP HANA volumes with a single command. Failovers include protected volumes and any protection group snapshots.
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Near-zero recovery point objectives: ActiveDR continuously streams writes between the source and target FlashArray systems, which provides near-zero recovery point objectives for protected databases. This has no performance impact on the source FlashArray or SAP HANA, even in third-site system replication scenarios.
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Near-synchronous data replication between sites: ActiveDR provides near-synchronous storage replication between primary and secondary sites. Data at a secondary site can be quickly attached and used by SAP HANA in the event of a primary site failure, which can help simplify disaster recovery workflows, especially in scale-up or scale-out configurations.
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No latency impact: Primary and secondary arrays can replicate at nearly any distance without affecting the performance of SAP HANA.