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The most efficient and scalable infrastructure designed for SAP HANA

Expertise, services and infrastructure to unlock the full potential of SAP HANA

SAP HANA infrastructure

The most efficient and scalable infrastructure designed for SAP HANA

SAP HANA powers real‑time analytics, but unlocking its full value requires a solid infrastructure and a seamless transition.

Bull combines BullSequana SH, the world’s highest‑performing infrastructures for SAP HANA with proven services and deep expertise to support sizing and architecture definition. In a memory‑constrained market, BullSequana SH scales up to 16 sockets, offering the widest CPU‑to‑DIMM combinations to reach the required memory capacity.

With Bull, you boost SAP HANA performance, strengthen availability and security, and optimise operational and infrastructure costs while reducing environmental impact to maximise your real‑time enterprise.

What sets us apart

Up to 32TB 

memory, handling the largest SAP HANA databases

Certified by SAP

 available for SAP HANA Appliance and SAP HANA TDI 

Scale-up

from 2 to 16 sockets with wide CPU‑to‑DIMM combinations possibilities

+30 years

of SAP expertise

The solution

Bull delivers the industry’s highest‑performing infrastructures for SAP HANA, backed by expert services and deep SAP HANA experience to guide customers through every step of their project, from precise infrastructure sizing to the deployment of a fully tailored, business‑ready platform.

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BullSequana SH: The optimal infrastructure for SAP HANA performance

BullSequana SH is the most powerful server for SAP HANA, designed to support the largest in‑memory databases with up to 32 TB of RAM. Powered by Intel® Xeon®, its unmatched scalability, built‑in security features, and continuous availability capabilities make it the ideal platform for mission‑critical SAP HANA workloads.

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Bull expertise: the partnerships that drive SAP HANA value

Bull brings proven SAP HANA expertise, combining deep technical know‑how and dedicated services to guide customers from sizing to deployment, ensuring a secure, scalable, and high‑performance infrastructure tailored to their needs.

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Industrial excellence: ensuring smooth, secure SAP HANA deployment

Bull provides industrial‑grade services to ensure flawless SAP HANA deployment, from factory‑integrated infrastructures and automated installation to rigorous testing and lifecycle management, delivering a secure and reliable environment ready for long‑term performance.

Benefits

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Maximum SAP HANA performance at scale

Powered by BullSequana SH, the most powerful server for SAP HANA, our solutions deliver unmatched performance and support the largest in‑memory databases with up to 32 TB of memory.

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End‑to‑end security

From hardened server architectures to industrial‑grade deployment processes, Bull provides a fully secured SAP HANA platform.

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Flexible & scalable architecture

Our modular architecture offers full flexibility from 2 to 16 CPUs, while BullSequana SH’s 16‑socket design delivers unmatched CPU–DIMM combinations (64–256 GB) to meet any memory need in a constrained market.

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Expert guidance throughout the project

Deep SAP HANA expertise ensures the right architecture and sizing choices for optimal business and performance outcomes.

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Continuous availability for mission‑critical operations

Built‑in redundancy and high‑availability features ensure uninterrupted performance, even under the most demanding workloads.

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Energy‑efficient, high‑density performance

High‑efficiency and high‑density designs reduce energy consumption and data centre footprint while delivering top‑tier SAP HANA performance.

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Faster time‑to‑value with lower ownership costs

Industrialised processes and optimised operations accelerate SAP HANA rollout while reducing long‑term infrastructure and operational expenses.

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Industrialised deployment and lifecycle services

Factory integration, automated installation, rigorous testing, and lifecycle management ensure a reliable, ready‑to‑run infrastructure with minimal operational risk.

We did it again!

Bull’s BullSequana SH81, powered by Intel® Xeon® 6, has set a new world record in SAP HANA benchmarks, nearly doubling the performance of our previous-generation SH80.

Discover what it means in this interview from our SAP HANA benchmark expert.

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100% European Infrastructure

From hardware to virtualization platform, ensuring sovereignty, compliance, and full auditability through open-source engineering.

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Reliable, Cost-Efficient Performance

Robust and future-proof virtualization solution delivering 60–80% lower TCO compared to traditional options.

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Tailored, Scalable Architecture

Flexible configurations with BullSequana SH or BullSequana SA to meet diverse workload needs.

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High Density and Low Latency

Lightweight hypervisor and optimized design for maximum VM-to-core ratio.

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End-to-End Security

Full supply chain transparency, advanced hardware protection, and trusted execution technologies.

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Energy Efficiency

Reduced power consumption per workload with eco-conscious infrastructure design and smart VM scheduling.

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Easy Expansion and Automation

Modular, composable hardware with API-driven orchestration for seamless scalability.

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Easy Deployment

An already validated reference architecture and a SPOC for hardware-software integration and support.

BullSequana SH, the leading server for SAP HANA

Bull has designed and engineered the BullSequana SH series to offer a secure and full‑potential use of your SAP HANA landscape, delivering unique flexibility, unmatched scalability, security and best‑in‑class quality of service in the x86 world, essential criteria for in‑memory databases and real‑time computing. BullSequana SH servers are certified by SAP and listed in the Certified and supported SAP HANA® hardware directory, and their flexible architecture enables customers and partners to tailor the ideal balance between cost and memory availability.

Why is BullSequana SH ideal for SAP HANA?

  • Perfectly adapted to SAP HANA growth – Scales from 2 to 16 sockets, Intel Xeon 4, 5 or 6, ensuring your infrastructure grows smoothly with your SAP HANA needs, without redesigning your environment.

  • Designed for the largest SAP HANA database – Supports up to 32 TB of DDR5 memory, enabling real‑time analytics, consolidation scenarios and high‑performance SAP HANA operations without compromise.

  • Full flexibility in a constrained memory market – In a market where memory components are under tension, BullSequana SH’s ability to scale up to 16 sockets gives customers the widest choice of CPU counts and DIMM sizes (64, 96, 128 or 256 GB) to reach the exact memory capacity they need, avoiding over‑ or under‑sizing.

  • Cost‑efficient consolidation – Run multiple SAP HANA instances on a single high‑capacity server, reducing data centre footprint, simplifying operations and lowering TCO.

  • Real‑time performance, even under heavy load – Up to 64 hot‑swappable PCIe Gen5 slots and high‑speed NVMe E1.S SSDs deliver ultra‑low latency and fast throughput for demanding SAP HANA queries.

  • Built‑in resilience and data protection – Hardware‑level security (root‑of‑trust, secure boot), plus redundant 80+ Titanium power modules, ensure continuous availability for mission‑critical SAP HANA environments.

  • Proven performance with leading benchmark results – Fully certified for SAP HANA Appliance and TDI, and delivering market‑leading benchmark results, this platform offers customers a proven, high‑performance foundation they can rely on for their most demanding real‑time workloads. 

Technical specifications

Compute

  • Up to 16 CPUs. Intel® Xeon® 6 or 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors

  • Up to 1376 cores / 1376 threads (depending on CPU generation)

  • High-speed UPI interconnects for low-latency NUMA scaling

  • Interconnect cabling is contained within connecting box simplifying upgrades

Memory

  • Up to 256GB DDR5 DIMMs 

  • Up to 32 TB RAM per single node (Largest memory footprint support by SAP 

  • Support for advanced memory RAS technologies

I/O & Storage

  • PCIe Gen5 expansion

  • NVMe, SAS, and SATA drive support

  • Optional internal HANA-optimised NVMe tiers

  • Flexible RAID and hardware encryption

Networking

  • OCP 3.0 slots

  • 10/25/40/100 GbE options

  • Fibre Channel (16/32G) for SAN connectivity

Management

  • Integrated Eviden management controller

  • Fully Redfish API compliant

  • Full remote KVM, power control, firmware lifecycle

Security

Platform Firmware Resiliency, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Root-of-Trust, Trusted Execution Architecture; Intel® Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and Trust Domain Extension (TDX) Connect; Intel® Multi-Key Total Memory Encryption (MKTME); Vector AES, SHA2-256 extensions, VPMADD52

Rely on more than 30 years of SAP expertise

Rely on our SAP HANA expertise to guide you throughout your transformation journey. For more than 30 years, our Competency Centre has been supporting customers on SAP technologies, and has been working with SAP HANA since its introduction. Over the years, our engineering teams have continuously optimised the BullSequana SH platform for in‑memory workloads, enabling it to consistently achieve record‑level performance across SAP HANA benchmarks with dozens of world‑class results that validate its scalability and efficiency.

But beyond pure performance, what truly sets us apart is our ability to support you end‑to‑end: from defining the right technical architecture to precisely sizing your SAP HANA landscape.

Ready to size your SAP HANA project? Contact our experts and let’s define the optimal architecture together.

Our experts help ensure your environment is not only high‑performing, but also secure, resilient, and perfectly aligned with your business objectives.

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Industrial‑grade integration to accelerate and secure your SAP HANA deployment

Thanks to Bull’s high added‑value industrial and logistic capabilities, your SAP HANA infrastructure benefits from a fully controlled, end‑to‑end process, from industrialisation, integration and testing to an integrated supply chain and customer‑specific solution validation. Every BullSequana SH system is designed, assembled and validated in Europe, ensuring quality, sovereignty and full traceability.

With Bull, you benefit from exclusive industrialisation services that deliver tangible value for SAP HANA projects:

  • Design of ready‑to‑use SAP HANA infrastructures, precisely tailored to your sizing and architectural needs.

  • A customised industrialisation process, guaranteeing consistency, repeatability and the highest level of quality.

  • Flexible financial models (OPEX or CAPEX), allowing you to scale and adapt as your SAP landscape evolves.

  • Fastest supply and on‑site plug‑and‑play readiness, thanks to a fully integrated European supply chain.

  • Risk reduction, with no unexpected costs and complete pre‑delivery validation of your SAP HANA environment.

This industrial excellence ensures your SAP HANA platforms are delivered faster, validated end‑to‑end, and ready for immediate operation, helping you accelerate time‑to‑value while reducing deployment complexity.

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FAQ

BullSequana SH is fully certified for both SAP HANA Appliance and SAP HANA TDI deployments, ensuring compliance with SAP’s strict technical, performance and scalability requirements.

Our SAP HANA experts help you assess your workloads, plan your growth, and define the optimal scale‑up configuration. We provide precise sizing guidance to ensure the best balance between performance, cost and future scalability.

Email us to contact our experts.

Yes, its modular architecture (2 to 16 sockets and up to 32 TB memory) allows safe and efficient consolidation of multiple SAP HANA instances, reducing infrastructure footprint, complexity and TCO.

Bull offers tailored industrialisation, integration and testing services, delivering ready‑to‑use infrastructures validated end‑to‑end before shipment. This accelerates deployment, reduces risks and ensures consistent, predictable quality.

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