Pure Storage Copy Automation Tool for SAP (CAT for SAP)

Copy Automation Tool (CAT) is the tool for the systems of SAP which allows to automate procedures of copying, cloning and updating of all database of SAP.

2018: Availability

The Pure Storage company, independent producer a data storage flash platforms for a cloud era, at the end of February, 2018 announced availability of the tool to the systems of SAP — Copy Automation Tool (CAT). With its help clients will be able to automate quickly completely procedures of copying, cloning and updating of all database of SAP, including preparatory and subsequent actions.

Usually all these procedures take several days. CAT for SAP from Pure Storage not only allows to reduce time of copying of databases to few hours, but also provides decrease by 90% per annum of storage costs of data of SAP and their administration, developers claim.

The CAT for SAP tool is switched on in functionality of both arrays of FlashArray//M and FlashArray//X, providing a broad spectrum of functions directly from a box, and does not require additional payment. The functionality of CAT which is built in a flash array allows to reach instant change of the identifier of the SID SAP system. As a result instead of administering difficult and labor-consuming infrastructure of databases, IT specialists can concentrate efforts on the solution of the innovation tasks.

The solution Pure Storage differs in ease of use. As it is built in directly Purity Run — the safe isolated environment of calculations and memories in FlashArray, clients can start CAT directly on FlashArray without the need for purchase and administration of the additional hardware, specified in the company.

Besides, CAT for SAP can use all functionality of FlashArray of a packet Purity Protect intended for data protection and the ensuring disaster tolerance which is included in a basic equipment of arrays and supplied with the technologies allowing to save storage space.

With Purity Protect clients receive:

• Instant pictures without influence on performance. It is not necessary to plan and do reservation, lack of influence on performance and flexible groups of consistency.
• Complete copies with all opportunities. Assembling, reading, record and repeated creation of snapshots with lack of dependences and full save of performance.
• Economy of the place — more than 90%. Data are not duplicated, they always "thin", deduplitsirovanny and compressed.
• Recovery of any data in any place. An instant setup and rollback of data, recovery of any volume from any snapshot.