Case Study: Evonik Industries reduces SAP HANA database operating costs with SAP MaxAttention and SAP HANA Native Storage Extension

Evonik Using a Data Store to Reduce Database Operating Cost

Evonik Industries, a global specialty chemicals leader operating in more than 100 countries, faced rising SAP HANA database costs as data volumes, memory usage, and hardware expenses increased. The company wanted a way to lower operating costs without slowing growth or innovation, and turned to SAP MaxAttention services and SAP HANA native storage extension for expert guidance.

SAP helped Evonik assess suitable systems, run a proof of concept, and implement a native storage strategy that moved infrequently used data from memory to disk and partitioned tables in SAP HANA. The result was reduced memory usage across key systems, including about 13% savings for the productive SAP S/4HANA suite and SAP Solution Manager, plus about 63% memory savings for the legacy SAP ERP application, lowering total database operating costs.

Evonik Industries

Jonathan Huckle

Platform Management – SAP Landscape Architecture