Case Study: BRF achieves 50% database reduction and system stabilization with SAP HANA

How Does Effective Database Management Save Valuable Time and Resources

BRF S.A., a global food company with more than 30 brands selling products in 150+ countries, needed to smooth its analytics environment to improve system stability and cut the total cost of ownership for analytics as it scaled operations.

Working with SAP MaxAttention and SAP services, BRF deployed SAP IQ and SAP Business Warehouse on SAP HANA and implemented a data-aging/nearline storage strategy. The project removed 1.9 TB from the hot memory layer (0.9 TB more than expected), delivered a 50% more effective database reduction, stabilized HANA availability, improved performance, and reduced analytics TCO — all on a short timeline.

BRF

Anderson Pires

Global Project Manager