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“Peak front-end storage IOPs of around
40,000 were being observed.” At this point,
the company decided to initiate a Database
Reorganisation and Compression (DRoC)
project that would reduce the size of the
SAP ERP database to manageable limits.
SAP has been running on an HPE platform
comprised of HPE servers, storage and
software for many years.
IndianOil has always relied on HPE
Technology Services Datacenter Care for
mission-critical support. This service helps
IndianOil deliver a stable IT environment
while optimizing costs and IT resources.
It also ensures that all systems are kept
up to date with recommended patches
and system updates, which helps to avoid
unplanned downtime.
Solution
Agarwal recalls the pivotal decision: “To opt
for the trusted services of HPE to help our
in-house team in carrying out the complete
project. The onsite HPE engineers could
see the day-to-day issues we were facing.
As a result of feedback and regular monthly
meetings we reviewed and discussed what
actions would deliver us an end-to-end
solution. The issues were fully explored,
even beyond the mandate and scope we
initially gave to HPE. The HPE team brought
professional neutrality to the project and we
respected that.”
Clever mix to avoid huge additional
storage space
“During a pilot programme we learned
that we required huge additional storage
space to the tune of an extra 48TB. HPE
demonstrated how we could achieve the
same eect through clever mixing of
dierent storage and disk configurations at
dierent sites. HPE proposed enterprise disk
array storage for mission-critical converged
infrastructure where constant access to data
is required, even in the event of a disaster.”
Three storage disk array systems – HPE XP
P9500, HPE XP24000 and HPE XP12000
– were allocated and configured by a
dedicated HPE team as a prerequisite for
the project, and one of each was installed in
the three data centres. Agarwal credits
the HPE planning and coordination with
IndianOil’s in-house team for ensuring
the execution of the plan was completely
successful.
He adds: “The online compression and
reorganisation of the SAP database took less
than two months and was carried out online
without any downtime during the process.
The utmost care was taken not to impact
performance for the end-users who needed
to carry out their usual transactions in SAP.
The only downtime taken was for conversion
of system files.”
Benefits
The immediate benefits to IndianOil’s
business operations range from significant
cost savings, to increased productivity,
improved user response time, and greater
flexibility in leveraging new applications.
Agarwal’s verdict: “From the beginning
of 2015, the successful allocating and
reconfiguring of storage at three data
centres means our end-users are getting
better response times and we have
the space and ability to take on board
new applications and handle analytics
requirements. We can now do so without
increasing our IT costs.
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Case study
Indian Oil
Corporation
(IndianOil)
Industry
Oil and gas