Case Study: 1st Basis Consulting achieves high-speed, cost-efficient SAP HANA virtualization with DataCore Hyperconverged Virtual SAN

1st Basis Consulting cuts SAP HANA startup time from 20 minutes to 5 with Datacore

1st Basis Consulting, an SAP and VMware-certified managed services provider, needed a cost-effective, high-speed storage area network (SAN) for its SAP HANA hosting environments. The challenge was to avoid a substantial investment in a new physical SAN while still gaining the performance required to run resource-intensive production and test/development servers. Partner MNJ Technologies recommended DataCore's Hyperconverged Virtual SAN software for its flexibility and ability to work with the company's specific hardware.

DataCore provided a software-defined solution that allowed 1st Basis to build a custom, high-availability SAN using their own chosen hardware, including Dell servers with NVMe SSDs. The results were significant, including a reduction in SAP HANA database startup times from 20 minutes to a maximum of 5 minutes and cost savings of almost $100,000. The solution from DataCore also provided freedom from vendor lock-in and the ability to seamlessly add storage as the environment grows.

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