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Achmea's Digital Transformation: Boosting Performance with SAP HANA on Azure
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 虚拟私有云
- 可穿戴设备 - 虚拟现实(VR)眼镜/耳机/控制器
适用行业
- 水泥
- 建筑与基础设施
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 仓库和库存管理
用例
- 施工管理
- 基础设施检查
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
Achmea 是一家总部位于荷兰的领先保险公司,其使命是成为全数字化保险提供商。然而,其一些关键业务工作负载(包括数据仓库和欺诈管理应用程序)托管在外部本地基础设施上老化的 SAP HANA 设备上。该基础设施即将结束服务,为了继续在本地运行,Achmea 必须花费大量资本支出来更换硬件。此外,为了保持最新状态,该公司需要每四年更新一次整个平台和基础设施。该公司的目标是到 2025 年成为荷兰的数字保险公司,这意味着继续使用物理硬件并不符合该公司的整体战略。 Achmea 的本地系统在 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 上运行,这是一个成功的操作系统部署,团队希望继续使用。因此,他们需要一个云解决方案和一个能够与其现有基础设施有效协作的提供商。
关于客户
Achmea Holding NV 是一家总部位于荷兰的领先保险公司。该公司的使命是到 2025 年成为一家全数字化保险提供商。Achmea 正在制定一项云战略,旨在为整个业务提供灵活性、可扩展性和速度,同时降低 IT 团队的生命周期管理要求。该公司优先考虑创新,并始终以最新技术为目标。 Achmea 的关键业务工作负载托管在外部本地基础设施上老化的 SAP HANA 设备上。该公司基于 Linux 的基础架构由 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 提供支持。
解决方案
Achmea 决定迁移到 Microsoft Azure,并向 Microsoft 合作伙伴网络成员 SUSE 寻求专业知识,以获取迁移方面的帮助。 Achmea 使用 Microsoft Azure 上的 SAP HANA 认证虚拟机,开始转型,将三个重要且需要大量数据的应用程序转移到基于虚拟机的 Linux Enterprise Server 实例中:HANA 上的 SAP Business Warehouse、欺诈管理和联络中心应用程序。该过程从详细的测试和开发阶段开始。 SUSE 和 Microsoft 帮助 Achmea 测试可能的故障转移场景,包括运行额外的应用程序服务器来确定基于虚拟机的 Linux 实例是否可以应对该卷。该团队在一个周末内完成了初始迁移,其中包括使用标准 SAP 工具和团队的概念验证架构在 Azure 虚拟机上进行 HANA 上的多节点 SAP Business Warehouse 横向扩展部署。该公司的 SAP 应用程序在 Azure 可用区内使用 SUSE Pacemaker Clusters 和 SAP HANA System Replication 进行部署,为数据中心故障提供高可用性和弹性,恢复点目标为零或接近零恢复时间。
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