Resolving this challenge Siemens decided the time was right to investigate upgrading its servers to 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane persistent memory technology. But in this instance, the current solution had limitations. Siemens’ underlying problem stemmed from the velocity and volume of data, compounded by the complexity of user/data requirements. Traditionally, the solution for getting huge amounts of additional data in this database was by adding more servers. Part of the data insights landscape is based on a scale- out SAP HANA database-which is one of the largest, and most complex HANA databases in the world running on a double-digit number of servers. Due to sizing limitations, the data replication service cannot pull all the desired data. One of the challenges with real-time data replication across all Siemens’ systems is an unprecedented number of updates completed each day. This is why Siemens AG sought a solution that promised lower TCO through infrastructure bundling, which would lead to lower operating costs over the long term.įocusing on Siemens’ current data insights landscape, generating continuous efficient analytics in real time creates a pressing need to address growing data volumes within multiple sources (SAP HANA, SAP ERP, IoT, etc.).
Looking to the future, Siemens AG wants to accelerate a broader digitalization in their business, combining any source of data (ERP, IoT, etc.) gaining deeper insights on business. In fiscal 2018, which ended on September 30, 2018, Siemens generated revenue of €83.0 billion and net income of €6.1 billion and had around 379,000 employees worldwide. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services, as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Siemens AG is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Digitalization and innovation across Siemens requires faster processing of the huge and ever-growing data volumes,” said Mamun Natour, responsible for technology and security for application and digitalization platforms at Siemens AG. “Intel Optane persistent memory offers new infrastructure sizing, security, scalability, and landscape simplification with lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Similar to DRAM, Intel Optane persistent memory data is byte-addressable, so the CPU has much quicker access to the persistent memory module-than it would have with flash memory.
Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company is not only due to upgrade its data center infrastructure, but is also preparing for the next phase of smarter management of its ever-increasing data stores. In addition, Intel Optane persistent memory delivers the benefits of consistently improved service scalability with higher virtual machine (VM) and container density.įor Siemens AG, Intel Optane persistent memory seems the perfect solution for their technology needs. Intel® Optane™ persistent memory is a new in-memory technology that delivers a unique combination of affordable, large capacity and support for data persistence, which helps businesses gain faster insights from their data-intensive applications.