Modern SAP planning in real time: HPE 64 TB server for SAP

The server is built for in-memory databases, uses Intel Xeon 6 processors and offers more working memory than any comparable system: in the SAP BW Edition Hana Benchmark - the industry standard used to measure and certify the performance of SAP Hana systems - it was validated as the first scale-up server with at least 48 terabytes (TB) of working memory.

Up to 64 TB RAM

The server can be expanded modularly to keep pace with growing requirements for real-time analysis and transaction processing. The basic configuration starts with four processor sockets and can be expanded in steps of four to up to 16 sockets. A maximum of 64 TB DDR5 memory is available. With this configuration, the server is suitable for large databases and business-critical applications such as ERP and CRM. The dedicated external node controller of the HPE Scale-up Server 3250 - a control unit that coordinates the data traffic between the processor modules - achieves a latency of around 100 nanoseconds. A typical Ethernet connection, as used in scale-out systems, is around 10,000 nanoseconds - a factor of 100 slower.

The HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250 is the successor to the Intel-based HPE Scale-up Server 3200 and HPE's first scale-up server with Intel Xeon 6 processors. Its modular architecture is suitable for compute-intensive workloads, but also for emerging applications around agentic AI - AI systems that perform tasks and make decisions autonomously.

The security architecture of the HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250 is based on HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO). iLO is a standalone chip on the mainboard that allows a server to be completely remotely controlled, monitored and secured, even when the operating system is not running. The protection extends across all levels - from the chip to the cloud - and over the entire lifecycle of the server.

Silicon Root of Trust

The core of the security architecture is the so-called Silicon Root of Trust: a digital fingerprint of the firmware is immutably burned into the iLO security processor during chip production. At startup, the chip checks whether the firmware has been tampered with. The server is only allowed to boot if the check is passed. This prevents malware from hijacking the boot process. This also protects the server against future threats from post-quantum cryptography. The HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250 features advanced memory error correction: Defective memory areas are detected, automatically corrected and - if necessary - isolated and removed from the running system without interrupting operations. The HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250 is available now.

Those who purchase the server via HPE GreenLake use HPE's as-a-service model: The hardware is located in the company's own data center, but is billed based on usage. (Source: HPE)