CECZ Logistics Boosts its International Supply Chain Management Operations with Huawei's All-Flash Storage

An International Commercial Hub

CECZ Logistics, based in Hungary, plays a pivotal role in facilitating trade between Europe and China. The company operates in the heart of the Central European Cooperation Zone (CECZ), leveraging Hungary’s strategic location to act as a gateway for trade. The region’s proximity to major European transport hubs further amplifies CECZ Logistics' importance in global commerce.

The company’s significant investment in the Vác region underscores its ambition to meet the growing demands of the international logistics sector. With plans to expand its logistics parks and warehouse facilities, CECZ is positioning itself as a major player in Europe’s logistics and supply chain industry, helping drive economic growth in the region.

CECZ Logistics’ Growing IT Demands

As CECZ Logistics expanded its footprint, the company quickly recognized that its existing IT infrastructure would be unable to support the increasing volume of data. The growth in logistics operations, warehousing, and supply chain management placed substantial pressure on its IT systems.

The company identified several core IT challenges that needed addressing to maintain smooth, efficient operations. Increased data volumes were a primary factor. As CECZ Logistics expanded, the volume of transactional data generated from logistics, inventory, and supply chain systems was escalating rapidly.

Seamless network connectivity was another requirement. With multiple locations and complex operations, ensuring uninterrupted communication between warehouses, distribution centers, and headquarters was essential. Moreover, the infrastructure needed to be scalable to accommodate the company’s future growth, including additional locations and increased data storage capacity.

A further crucial factor was protecting sensitive data while managing the expanded attack surface that comes with increased network complexity and digital transformation. CECZ Logistics also required energy-efficient IT solutions that aligned with its green initiatives and minimized its environmental impact.

Huawei’s All-Flash Data Solution

To address these IT challenges, CECZ Logistics turned to Huawei, known for its scalable, high-performance, and energy-efficient solutions. Huawei’s all-flash storage technology met the specific needs of CECZ Logistics, providing the right balance of performance, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability.

Key hardware components of the Huawei solution included OceanStor Dorado 5000 systems. This high-performance, all-flash data storage array is capable of delivering low-latency data access and high throughput, which is critical for real-time inventory management and order processing.

Palm SSD Units with a 7-inch form factor, configured with nine 7.68 terabytes (TB) SSDs, utilizing the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) protocol, completed the hardware element, significantly enhancing the overall speed and reliability of the storage systems.

An active-active connection, a redundant setup across two greenfield sites, provides high availability and ensures business continuity even if one site experiences an issue. CECZ Logistics also opted for two value-added services. Huawei’s Effective Capacity Guarantee Service ensures that CECZ Logistics will always have access to sufficient storage capacity. Meanwhile, SmartDedupe and SmartCompression software reduces data redundancy, optimizing storage utilization and maximizing efficiency.

Together, these elements provide CECZ Logistics with a comprehensive, future-proof solution that can handle both current and future data storage needs efficiently.

“Our expansion in Vác marked a milestone in our company’s history” said Attila Szegedi, CIO at CECZ Logistics. “It was crucial to identify a technology partner whose solutions could match our ambitions and enhance our capabilities. Huawei's expertise complemented our vision, enabling us to implement cutting-edge technology that is sustainable and scalable.”

Huawei’s IT Presales Manager Edvard Antlfinger explains that Huawei’s pioneering approach to IT infrastructure and the focus on sustainable technology were key to make CECZ Logistics’ goals a reality. “Our all-flash data storage solution can easily accommodate the company’s growing needs and consumes less power than traditional solutions” added Steven Zhu, Huawei’s product manager working closely on the delivery of this project.

Speed, Simplicity and Sustainability

The implementation of Huawei’s all-flash storage solution brought several key benefits to CECZ Logistics, enabling the company to optimize its operations while maintaining its commitment to sustainability.

The high-performance, reliable, all-flash solution enables faster data access and reduces latency, critical for CECZ Logistics’ time-sensitive operations, such as real-time tracking of inventory and processing orders.

Huawei’s solution enables significant cost savings, not only through its competitive pricing but also via energy savings from the highly efficient, low-power-consumption hardware. Huawei’s cloud-enabled platform also streamlines IT management by automating system updates and reducing manual IT intervention, enabling the team to focus on strategic tasks rather than routine maintenance.

Crucially, the energy-efficient design of the all-flash system, combined with CECZ Logistics’ use of renewable energy sources such as solar panels and geothermal energy, supports the company’s green initiatives.

As CECZ Logistics continues to expand, Huawei’s flexible solution is fully scalable, allowing it to add storage capacity and locations without disruptions to operations.

By implementing Huawei’s advanced all-flash storage solution, CECZ Logistics has significantly enhanced its IT infrastructure, enabling the company to meet the growing demands of modern logistics. The solution not only supports CECZ Logistics’ business-critical operations but also aligns with its long-term sustainability goals.

With high performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, Huawei’s all-flash storage system has positioned CECZ Logistics for success in an evolving logistics landscape.