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Pure Storage launches
new Copy Automation
Tool for SAP drives
Pure Storage CAT: Reduces SAP storage and management costs by
up to 90% and speeds copy performance from days to hours
and embedded directly in Purity Run, a
safe, dedicated, compute-and-memory-
isolated execution environment within
FlashArray. This allows customers to run
CAT directly on the FlashArray without
requiring any additional hardware to
procure or manage.
CAT for SAP also leverages Purity Protect,
the space-efficient disaster recovery and
protection suite that comes standard
with every FlashArray. With Purity
Protect, customers receive:
Matt Kixmoeller, VP Products and Solutions Marketing, Pure Storage, said:
“What took days can now be performed, fully automated, in a matter of hours”
P
ure Storage, a leading independent
all-flash data platform vendor for
the cloud era, has announced the
availability of its new Copy Automation
Tool (CAT) for SAP systems.
The tool allows customers to quickly
and efficiently automate the entire
SAP database copy, clone and refresh
processes, which includes database, pre-
and post-copy tasks – a process that
typically takes several days.
The unique CAT for SAP from Pure
Storage can reduce database copy
from days to hours, and cut SAP-related
storage and management costs by up
to 90% annually.
Running directly on both FlashArray//M
and FlashArray//X, CAT for SAP is
included at no additional charge,
provides deep functionality right out-
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of-the-box, and allows customers the
flexibility to integrate additional tasks,
customise and scale.
As organisations become increasingly
digital, time, money and resources
have shifted away from operational
management to innovation. To effectively
utilise technological infrastructure as an
innovation driver requires an increased
emphasis on automation.
This array-embedded Copy
Automation Tool enables significant
reductions in SAP database copy time
and storage costs of more than 80%,
and drives lightning-fast SID change.
As a result, customers are able to
deploy IT staff to drive innovation,
rather than manage time-consuming
and complex database infrastructures.
The solution is extremely easy to use
• Instant snapshots, no performance
degradation. No reservations
or planning required, zero
performance overhead and flexible
consistency groups.
• Complete copies with all
capabilities. Mount, read,
write or snapshot again with
zero interdependency and full
performance.
• Snapshot space savings up to 90%.
Zero data duplication – always thin,
deduped and compressed.
• Recovery anything, to anywhere.
Instantly roll forward or backward, and
recover any volume from any snapshot.
“Our goal is to help customers achieve
new levels of innovation through
simplicity. As customers integrate the
newest cutting-edge technologies
into day-to-day business operations,
automation becomes increasingly
critical,” said Matt Kixmoeller, VP of
Product and Solutions Marketing, Pure
Storage. “Our CAT for SAP extends
that promise to our customers. What
took days can now be performed,
fully automated, in a matter of hours.
Ultimately, this means increased
productivity levels, faster time to market
and optimal resource allocation.” n
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