The mandate to migrate all SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) instances to SAP S/4HANA by the end of 2027 means the action is unavoidable, and one of the biggest architectural and technological challenges comes with how best to handle the large SAP database. SAP HANA provides an in-memory database management system, however, if retained in main memory there is still the potential of data loss during server reboot, scheduled downtime or power outage. Reloading all SAP HANA data after loss can be time consuming and costly in terms of performance. The solution is to use persistent memory (PMem), which is a higher density, non-volatile memory technology that retains its contents like storage but provides speeds that are similar to that of main memory. PMem It provides a unique combination of affordable larger capacity and support for data persistence. Intel Optane Persistent Memory is the market-leading memory architecture in terms of capacity and cost, and when combined with the IBM Cloud, enables the most competitive SAP HANA solution in the market and numerous benefits, including: •Based on IBM Cloud experience, achieve at least a 15% reduction in SAP Cloud server cost compared to other non-PMem servers •Shorter maintenance windows and increased uptime with up to 12.5x reduction in time needed to restart a HANA database •Allows larger or multiple small SAP HANA databases in one scale-up server due to higher memory density and lower cost, simplifying your architecture with less servers. Join the webinar to learn how IBM Cloud for SAP with Intel Optane PMem can unlock the best of SAP HANA.