Industry
Manufacturing
Customer Overview
Ghulam Farooq Group (GFG) is one of Pakistan’s prominent business conglomerates, operating more than ten successful companies including Cherat Cement, Greaves Pakistan, Cherat Packaging, and UNICOL. The Group continues to invest in cutting-edge technologies to optimize operations and uphold strong business excellence standards.
Challenges
Cherat Cement, a key subsidiary of GFG, relies on SAP ERP to manage mission-critical business operations. Their SAP environment was running on legacy x86 servers with internal hard disks. As business demands grew, the existing infrastructure began to exhibit performance limitations, impacting application responsiveness and operational efficiency.
The internal storage architecture lacked:
- Sufficient IOPS to handle growing SAP workloads
- Scalability for future expansion
- Optimized data protection and resilience
These challenges highlighted the urgency for a robust enterprise storage solution.
Solution
Innolytix Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. (IPPL), leveraging its expertise in enterprise infrastructure modernization, proposed a future-ready solution:
- Deployment of 2 IBM FlashSystem 5030E All-Flash Storage Arrays
- SAP & SAP HANA certified
- Installed at both Production and Disaster Recovery Data Centers
This state-of-the-art SAN solution was designed to:
- Deliver ultra-low latency storage performance
- Enhance throughput for SAP transactional workloads
- Strengthen data protection and disaster recovery readiness
- Provide seamless scalability for future digital transformation initiatives
Results & Benefits
- Up to 10x faster SAP performance, improving user experience and productivity
- High availability & resilience, ensuring uninterrupted business operations
- Scalability to support long-term SAP growth
- Optimized IT investments with future-proof technology architecture
Conclusion
With IBM FlashSystem 5030E deployed at both Production and DR sites, Ghulam Farooq Group has fully transformed its SAP storage infrastructure — ensuring operational efficiency, enhanced performance, and dependable continuity that empowers their digital evolution.