Huawei OceanStor Storage Boosts Commercial Credit and Finance's Core System Performance

The main problem faced by Commercial Credit and Finance PLC was the storage devices were approaching end-of-support which could lead to potential reliability and vulnerability issues due to outdated technologies and could pose risks to business continuity.

In the context of digital transformation trends, the financial services industry demands higher standards from IT infrastructure. Commercial Credit and Finance needed a storage solution that could support future business growth, not only addressing current performance and reliability issues but also providing future-proof scalability.

After thoroughly understanding customer requirements, Huawei recommended the Huawei OceanStor 5310 Capacity Flash Storage solution, deployed at both primary and DR sites. This solution is based on a cost-effective all-flash architecture with QLC NVMe disks, optimizing capacity needs while achieving cost efficiency.

Traditional storage architectures using mechanical hard drives and older technologies faced IOPS bottlenecks when processing large volumes of concurrent transactions, with high response latency. Additionally, single-controller designs created single points of failure, failing to meet the financial industry's strict requirements for "zero downtime."

The Huawei OceanStor 5310 storage solution addressed Commercial Credit and Finance PLC’s pain points through the following innovative technologies:

Cost-optimized All-Flash Architecture: Utilizing QLC NVMe disks to provide a high cost-performance capacity flash solution

End-to-end NVMe Architecture: Achieving full-link NVMe from storage controller to disks, significantly reducing access latency

Gateway-free SAN/NAS Integrated Active-Active Architecture: Providing high availability assurance for true business continuity

Multi-Controller Full Active-Active Design: Eliminating single points of failure for 7×24 business operation

Advanced Data Protection Features: Including high-density secure snapshots, synchronous/asynchronous DR replication, and QoS policy control

Huawei invested specialized technical teams to provide deep customization design based on customer business characteristics, ensuring seamless integration with existing virtualized platforms and business continuity during migration.

By deploying the Huawei OceanStor 5310 storage solution, Commercial Credit and Finance achieved significant business value:

Enterprise IT System Benefits

Ultra-low Latency: End-to-end full NVMe architecture reduces transaction processing latency to microseconds, enhancing customer experience

Zero Single Point of Failure: Multi-controller full Active-Active design ensures business continuity with 99.999% system availability

Significantly Improved Performance: 300%+ IOPS performance improvement to effectively support peak business concurrent processing

Simplified Operations: Intelligent management platform reduces operational complexity by 50%

Overall Business Benefits

Risk Reduction: Enhanced business continuity and data security, complying with financial regulations

Cost Optimization: 30% reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) compared to traditional architectures

Future Scalability: Solid foundation established for subsequent digital transformation

Improved O&M Efficiency: Higher storage resource utilization through multi-tenancy, cloning, and thin provisioning

Commercial Credit and Finance will continue to deepen cooperation with Huawei, building more intelligent IT infrastructure based on the OceanStor storage platform to provide customers with higher quality and more secure financial services.