Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced the availability of new High Memory instances
for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Purpose built to run
large in-memory databases, including production deployments of SAP HANA,
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances deliver 6 TB, 9 TB, and 12 TB of memory
today, with 18 TB and 24 TB instances coming in 2019. Combining the
largest memory sizes available in the cloud with the agility and
reliability of AWS, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances enable customers to
scale their in-memory database deployments and seamlessly integrate them
with the rest of AWS, including storage, networking, IoT, analytics, and
machine learning services. To get started, visit https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/high-memory/.
As enterprises continue to process more and more real-time data to make
faster business decisions, production deployments of in-memory databases
continue to expand. In-memory databases process multiple terabytes of
data on a single server in real time, requiring predictable memory
scaling and low latency connections to the business logic hosted in the
cloud for responsive application performance. Customers making a shift
to the cloud want to be able to run their large in-memory databases in
the cloud and ultra-close to the rest of the services interacting with
their in-memory databases. Some providers have tried to solve this by
offering customers a hosted in-memory database on-premises or in a
co-located data center. The problem with this approach is that the extra
networking required to connect the environment to the cloud compounds
the cost, makes operating more complex, and adds application latency and
variability. In contrast, with Amazon EC2's 6 TB, 9 TB, and 12 TB High
Memory instances, customers can run their in-memory databases in the
cloud in the same Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) as the rest of
their enterprise applications, enabling lower latency, operational
simplicity, and more predictable performance.
"Amazon EC2 provides the most comprehensive selection of instances by
far, giving customers the flexibility to select the right instance for
the right workload today and into the future," said Matt Garman, Vice
President of Compute Services at AWS. "We have memory-optimized
instances today, and they've proven quite popular with customers who
want to run memory intensive applications, including in-memory
databases. With 12 TB instances available in AWS, and 24 TB instances
coming next year, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances give our customers
the ability to scale their in-memory database with predictable
performance in the same VPC as their other AWS services. Customers can
grow their in-memory database and easily connect it to their storage,
networking, analytics, IoT, and machine learning services - helping them
make faster and better business decisions."
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD, known as UNIQLO brand worldwide, has the
conviction and vision to offer the ultimate everyday clothes that make
people's lives richer and more comfortable. Strong growth in
international market with more than 1,200 stores outside of Japan. "Our
fast-paced industry requires data and analytics in real time, and we use
SAP HANA database to support us," said Makoto Hoketsu, CIO, at Fast
Retailing. "We have been running HANA on Amazon EC2 X1e instances with 4
TB memory, and will transition to the new Amazon EC2 High Memory
instance with 6 TB memory to support growing business demands. These new
instances offer performance suitable for our large HANA deployment,
while enabling the benefits of cloud, like automated deployments, simple
management from the AWS console, and integration with other AWS
services. The flexibility of moving from one instance size to another
within minutes means that we can scale our business operations without
having to overprovision capacity today."
SAP National Security Services, Inc. (SAP NS2®), a US based independent
subsidiary of SAP, provides innovative computing, analytics, and cloud
solutions that accelerate the pace of data fusion, analysis, and action
for US regulated industries. The SAP NS2 Secure HANA Cloud offering,
powered by AWS, helps customers comply with the necessary requirements,
including ITAR, DoD SRG, or FedRAMP, by running SAP applications in a
secure cloud infrastructure with comprehensive services and support. "We
are pleased to continue our partnership with AWS to run mission-critical
government and other SAP applications using the new Amazon EC2 High
Memory instances," said Mark Testoni, president and chief executive
officer of SAP NS2. "Now with 6 TB, 9 TB, and 12 TB HANA per instance
available in the AWS cloud, we can enable our customers to further scale
their SAP applications, and support new larger customer workloads, all
while maintaining our reference architecture, deployment automation, and
performance best-practices."
Accenture is a global professional services company that provides
strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services, and
is a Fortune Global 500 company. "Today, our clients are running a broad
spectrum of mission-critical SAP applications on AWS," said Jack Sepple,
head of Accenture's cloud practice and group technology officer for
Accenture Operations. "As our clients modernize their business
operations to take advantage of the growing amount of real-time data,
they are increasingly running their SAP HANA in-memory databases on
public cloud architectures to benefit from agility and reduced costs.
These new Amazon EC2 High Memory instances offer our global enterprise
clients greater capability and performance to run their mission-critical
HANA deployments. We are looking forward to working with AWS to offer
the best experience to our clients for running their SAP applications."
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are certified by SAP for running
Business Suite on HANA, the next-generation Business Suite S/4HANA, Data
Mart Solutions on HANA, Business Warehouse on HANA, and SAP BW/4HANA in
production environments. Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are available
as bare metal instances on EC2 Dedicated Hosts, taking advantage of the
innovation of the AWS Nitro System, a combination of purpose-built
hardware and software components that provide the unparalleled
performance, security, isolation, elasticity, and efficiency of the
infrastructure that powers Amazon EC2 instances. These instances are
powered by the latest generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Skylake)
processors optimized for mission-critical enterprise workloads, and are
the first ever EC2 instances to be offered on an 8-socket platform.
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are available on a 3-year reservation
in the US East (N. Virginia) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) AWS regions, with
availability in US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), and AWS GovCloud
(US-West) planned in the coming months.