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Huawei will launch a new cloud database product to challenge Oracle - Huawei Central
By
DENG LI
Posted on May 13, 2019
HUAWEI is a tech giant in the field of telecom and already taken growth in cloud-based industry solution but now the company is planning to launch its own cloud database product to capture a new market and to confront cloud database dominator, Oracle.
Huawei’s R&D budget reaches $15.3 billion, Outspends Apple
According to a report from
THEINFORMATION, Huawei is planning to unveil its new cloud database product at an event scheduled on May 15 in Beijing, China.
This step by Huawei is its biggest ever attempt to expand into an area of enterprise solution software currently dominated by Western giants including Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP.
A Huawei manager spoke to the source and revealed that the company will initially target the domestic market where it has a better chance of attracting more customers.
He also said that Huawei’s new cloud DB product focuses on enabling enterprise customers to manage their own data using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the product has reportedly been developed by the Huawei’s database research group – Gauss.
It can be said that Huawei’s first batch of new database solution will only be available for the Chinese market but the company is approaching towards opportunities ahead of them and will expand this product in the overseas markets which lead us the industry.
Last week, Oracle China suddenly closed its Chinese R&D center and fired more than 900 peoples, industry insiders said that Oracle’ large scale layoff is politically motivated, while the company is yet to respond in this matter.
At a time like this Huawei’s entry in this cloud database business targets Oracles share in the industry and to take a good start.
华为发布全球首款AI-Native数据库GaussDB0
2019-05-15 10:50:06 来源：观察者网
（观察者网讯 文|陈兴华）5月15日，华为在北京发布了人工智能原生（AI-Native）数据库
GaussDB和分布式存储
FusionStorage 8.0。
发布会上，华为常务董事、ICT战略与Marketing总裁汪涛表示，人类正在进入智能时代，数据成为新的生产资料，智能成为新的生产力，异构、智能和融合的数据库将成为金融、政府、电信等各行业数据基础设施的关键支柱。
汪涛提出：“华为此次面向全球发布AI-Native数据库GaussDB，提升华为云能力，充分发挥X86、ARM、GPU、NPU等多样性算力优势，持续推进AI战略，积极构筑产业生态，并与合作伙伴一起迈向智能时代。”
华为方面介绍，作为全球首款AI-Native数据库，
GaussDB有两大革命性突破：
第一，首次将AI技术融入分布式数据库的全生命周期，实现自运维、自管理、自调优、故障自诊断和自愈。在交易、分析和混合负载场景下，基于最优化理论，首创基于深度强化学习的自调优算法，调优性能比业界提升60%以上;
第二，通过异构计算创新框架充分发挥多种算力优势，在权威标准测试集TPC-DS上，性能比业界提升50%。
此外，GaussDB支持本地部署、私有云、公有云等多种场景。在华为云上，GaussDB为金融、互联网、物流、教育、汽车等行业客户提供全功能、高性能的云上数据仓库服务。
华为常务董事、ICT战略与Marketing总裁汪涛
此外，
华为还称其发布的分布式存储FusionStorage 8.0业界性能第一。针对存储系统性能、规模、可管理性等更高要求，FusionStorage 8.0实现三大创新突破：
第一，分布式存储性能业界第一。单节点性能高达16.8万每秒读写速度（IOPS）和1毫秒以内时延，在业界标准测试SPC-1中排名第一，首次让分布式存储也可以承载企业关键应用。
第二，首次实现一套存储同时支持块、文件、对象、HDFS协议，一套存储可支撑一个数据中心。
第三，率先将人工智能技术融入存储全生命周期管理，从资源规划、业务发放、系统调优、风险预测、故障定位等方面实现智能运维管理。
华为方面称，目前华为GaussDB数据库和FusionInsight大数据解决方案已经应用于全球 60 个国家及地区，服务 1500 多个客户，拥有 500 多家商业合作伙伴，并广泛应用于金融、运营商、政府、能源、医疗、制造、交通等多个行业。
另外，华为云已经发布了13款数据库服务；华为FusionStorage已服务超过1500家客户，在IDC 2018年中国区软件定义存储市场份额报告中，华为稳居第一。
华为全球产业展望(GIV)报告显示，全球数据量将从2018年32.5ZB快速增长到2025年的180ZB。对于企业，AI算力需求每三个月增长一倍，AI应用率到2025年将达80%。
华为方面表示，在人工智能算力、算法、算据三大核心领域，华为持续压强式投入、不断创新并取得新突破。并围绕计算、存储和数据处理三个领域，与合作伙伴重定义数据基础设施，助力各行业加速迈向智能时代。
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非常高兴和大家见面，也非常荣幸再次有机会和大家沟通，我谨代表华为公司，热烈欢迎大家莅临华为“数据库与存储产品发布会”！
2017年，华为公司发布新的愿景使命：把数字世界带入每个人、每个家庭、每个组织，构建万物互联的智能世界。与客户伙伴一起，构建万物互联的智能世界成为我们长期不断的追求，而数据基础设施是加速智能世界到来的核心驱动力。我今天的主题将围绕“迈向智能时代，重定义数据基础设施”展开。
人类社会正从农业经济、工业经济快速进入数字经济时代。根据华为《全球产业展望GIV》预测，全球数据量将从2018年的32.5ZB快速增长到2025年的180ZB。海量的数据带来了巨大的挑战，也孕育了前所未有的机遇。AI的广泛使用，使数据的潜在价值更容易被发现，极大提升企业在数字经济时代的竞争力。根据牛津经济研究院的分析，数字经济的增长率是全球经济增长率的2.5倍；数字经济的投资收益率为非数字经济的6.7倍；到2025年，数字经济规模将高达23万亿美金。数字经济已成为全球经济增长的新引擎。
数据成为新生产资料，智能成为新生产力。
当前，千行百业正在加速智能化进程，而越来越多的企业已经意识到数据基础设施是智能化成功的关键。
数据基础设施通过计算资源、存储资源和数据处理平台三个部分分别解决数据的计算、存储和分析。接下来，我将通过几个行业案例让大家了解“数据+智能”如何改变各行各业，并创造新的产业价值和社会价值。
“数据+智能”改变各行各业
“数据+智能”正在支撑自动驾驶领域的海量数据高效处理。比如，L5级别的自动驾驶，每辆车每天产生数据64TB，从开发到量产需积累100亿公里以上的自动驾驶里程经验、过程中将产生数据超50EB。华为云自动驾驶云服务Octopus覆盖提供3万个虚拟场景仿真测试，让模型训练速度提升80%，开发周期从“月”缩短到“周”。
“数据+智能”也应用在金融安全领域。金融风控要求处理时间小于100毫秒，而传统金融风控平台，根本无法满足百毫秒内业务需求。基于大数据、内存计算和人工智能技术的华为金融实时风控解决方案能实现千万维度数据量，30毫秒内完成风控计算。2018年，这套系统帮助招行减少交易损失5000千多万美元，降低风险发生率83%。
还有一个有趣的例子，2018年，中国西部的青海实现连续9天清洁能源供电，所有用电均来自水电、太阳能以及风电等清洁能源，创造了新的世界纪录。这背后是电力供应与市场用电需求的精准匹配，华为与青海电力公司共建了大数据中心，通过发电、配电和用电三方数据共享和分析，实现发用电预测准确率达到97%以上。令人兴奋的是，青海省计划到2030年建成100%可再生能源电力系统，实现全年365天清洁能源供电。
此外， “数据+智能”正在保护我们的生态环境。在哥斯达黎加热带雨林中，Rainforests公司部署的太阳能雨林监听设备覆盖了2,500平方公里的雨林区域。借助华为云的海量数据存储和智能分析能力，对纷繁复杂的雨林音频进行实时处理和精准识别，第一时间分辨出电锯和卡车的噪音，阻止盗伐行为。接下来我们看一段视频。
围绕计算、存储和数据处理，重定义数据基础设施
数据基础设施建设是各行各业加速智能化进程的必由之路。当前，只有不到2%的企业数据被保存，而其中得到分析利用的不足10%，数据价值没有得到充分释放。业务与数据的多样性，驱动计算的多样性，单一的计算架构无法满足多场景、多数据类型的处理需求。例如，用CPU处理图像、神经网络等数据模型，功耗巨大、但算力只发挥不到系统的20%。有效使用多计算架构共存的异构平台，是解决算力稀缺且昂贵的关键。过去十年，随着企业应用的快速发展，IT系统形成一个个孤岛，数据无法共享，资源不能流动，管理和扩展复杂，存储效率问题凸显。传统数据分析平台无法适配AI引擎，不支持实时流处理，数据的价值没有得到充分挖掘。
智能时代，企业需要更快、更智能的数据基础设施。
华为围绕计算、存储和数据处理三个领域重定义数据基础设施，助力各行业加速迈向智能时代。在计算领域，华为引领多样性计算，推动计算架构多样性发展，让算力更充裕更经济；在存储领域，为应对存储效率低、管理复杂的问题，华为重定义存储架构，大幅提升效率，引领存储智能化；在数据处理平台领域，为应对更实时和智能的需求分析，华为重定义数据处理平台，让分析更智能，加速实现数据价值。
首先，我们来了解华为如何引领多样性计算。华为推动计算架构从以X86+GPU为主的单一计算架构到以X86+GPU+ARM64+NPU为主的异构计算架构快速发展。基于X86架构，华为引入AI管理和智能加速能力，率先推出了智能服务器FusionServer Pro；基于ARM64打造了业界性能最强的泰山服务器；基于Ascend芯片的Atlas智能计算，实现了业界首个端边云协同的人工智能平台。
重定义数据处理平台，让分析更智能，加速实现数据价值
华为在数据处理领域持续战略投资，并不断创新突破。传统企业数据处理以结构化数据为主，数据库+BI应用为主要模式；智能时代，数据处理从结构化数据向结构化+非结构化的多样性数据处理转变，以云和分布式技术为驱动力，数据库+大数据+AI相结合的现代数据处理平台成为主流。
华为围绕异构、智能、融合三大方向重定义数据处理平台：异构是指华为数据库可以在X86、ARM、GPU、NPU多样性算力下运行，实现性能最优；智能是指将AI技术引入数据库，大幅提升数据库自动化管理和优化能力；融合是指打通大数据、数据库与AI处理三大功能模块，实现多系统协同计算与多样性数据融合分析，实现企业数据价值最大化。
目前华为提供全生命周期、全栈大数据平台服务。基于广泛认知的数据库生态，截止目前华为云共发布4大类13个数据库服务；基于全栈全场景AI解决方案，截止目前华为共发布有59个服务，160+的功能，实现“用得起、用得好、用得放心”的普惠AI；面向AI开发者，华为发布ModelArts一站式AI开发平台，降低人工智能使用门槛。在斯坦福大学发布的DAWNBench排名中，ModelArts获得AI训练和推理的双世界第一。华为将持续投资、推动数据处理平台的研发与创新，为客户提供更加丰富的数据库产品与服务。
发布全球首款AI-Native数据库GaussDB
今天，我代表华为公司正式发布全球首款AI-Native数据库GaussDB，这也是业界第一款支持ARM的企业级数据库。
作为全球首款AI-Native数据库，GaussDB有两大革命性突破：第一，首次将人工智能技术引入数据库的全生命周期流程，实现自运维、自管理、自调优和故障自诊断。在交易、分析和混合负载场景下，基于最优化理论，首创深度强化学习自调优算法，把业界平均性能提升60%。第二，支持异构计算，充分发挥X86/ARM/GPU/NPU多样性算力优势，最大化数据库性能，在权威标准测试集TPC-DS上，华为GaussDB排名第一。此外，GaussDB支持本地部署、私有云、公有云等多种场景。在华为云上，GaussDB为金融、互联网、物流、教育、汽车等行业客户提供全功能、高性能的云上数据仓服务。稍后我的同事将为大家介绍GaussDB的详细内容。
发布新一代智能分布式存储FusionStorage 8.0
存储也是数据基础设施的重要组成部分，我代表华为公司正式发布第二款产品：新一代智能分布式存储FusionStorage 8.0。
应对数据量激增、数据类型多样化、实时性数据分析三大挑战，需要更大规模的存储和更快的业务响应，同时更需要智能化的运维管理。新一代智能分布式存储FusionStorage 8.0通过重定义存储架构，从“Storage for AI”和“AI in Storage”两个维度实现效率大幅提升，引领存储智能化。
首先，“Storage for AI”通过融合共享，避免数据多次拷贝，让AI分析更高效。FusionStorage 8.0创造性的将块，文件，对象，HDFS四种存储服务融合，打通数据孤岛，解决了多样性数据共享问题；同时，FusionStorage8.0通过协议融合，实现了多种协议共享数据源，节省数据无效搬移时间，让分析更高效。其次，“AI in Storage”率先将AI融入存储全生命周期管理，从资源规划、业务发放、系统调优、风险预测、故障定位等方面实现智能运维。
华为围绕计算、存储和数据处理三个方面重定义数据基础设施：引领多样性计算，让算力更充裕更经济；重定义存储架构，大幅提升效率，引领存储智能化；重定义数据处理平台，让分析更智能，加速实现数据价值。
创新是华为产品研发的核心文化，我们将持续发挥“联接+计算+云”的协同优势，引领ICT产业发展，打造智能时代的发动机！
https://www.guancha.cn/ChanJing/2019_05_15_501662_s.shtml
Huawei Launches AI-Native Database
Advancing Further in AI to Redefine Data Infrastructure
2019.05.15
[Beijing, May 15, 2019] Following the announcement of its AI strategy and full-stack, all-scenario AI solutions in 2018, Huawei launched the AI-Native database GaussDB and the highest-performance distributed storage FusionStorage 8.0 today in Beijing. The aim of this launch is to redefine data infrastructure through a Data + Intelligence strategy.
"Humanity is entering the age of an intelligent world," said David Wang, Huawei Executive Director of the Board and President of ICT Strategy & Marketing. "Data is the new factor of production, and intelligence the new productivity. Heterogeneous, intelligent, and converged databases will become the key data infrastructure of the financial, government, and telecoms industries."
Committed to building a fully connected, intelligent world, Huawei is a major contributor to ICT infrastructure and smart devices. The leading ICT product and solutions provider continues to invest and innovate in AI computing power, algorithms, and labeled data with many breakthroughs. Mr. Wang added, "AI-Native database GaussDB will help enhance HUAWEI CLOUD’s capabilities and fully unleash the power of diversified computing, which includes x86, ARM, GPU, and NPU computing. We aim to continuously push our AI strategy forward and foster a complete computing ecosystem. Together with our partners, we will move further towards the intelligent world."
At the launch event, Mr. Wang also reiterated Huawei's commitment to advancing intelligent industries by innovating together with customers and partners and building a data industry ecosystem on the principles of openness, collaboration, and shared success.
GaussDB: The world's first AI-Native database
GaussDB represents two major breakthroughs:
First, GaussDB pioneers the embedding of AI capabilities into the full lifecycle of distributed databases, making their self-O&M, self-tuning, self-diagnosis, and self-healing possible. In online analytical processing (OLAP), online transaction processing (OLTP), and hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP) scenarios, GaussDB uses the optimality theory to create the industry's first reinforcement learning self-tuning algorithm, improving tuning performance by over 60%.
Secondly, thanks to its innovative heterogeneous computing framework, GaussDB harnesses the power of diversified computing, including x86, ARM, GPU, and NPU computing. In the TPC-DS benchmark test, GaussDB ranked No.1 in terms of performance, 50% higher than the industry average.
GaussDB supports multiple deployment scenarios, including local deployment and deployment on private or public clouds. On HUAWEI CLOUD, GaussDB provides a full spectrum of high-performance data warehouse services for customers in financial, Internet, logistics, education, and automotive industries.
FusionStorage 8.0: The world’s highest-performance distributed storage
The intelligent world will raise standards even higher for the performance, scale, and manageability of storage systems. In response, FusionStorage 8.0 offers three innovative features:
First, FusionStorage 8.0 boasts the industry's highest distributed storage performance. In the SPC-1 test, FusionStorage 8.0’s read-write performance per node reached 168,000 IOPS in 1ms, powering distributed storage for the first time to support critical enterprise applications.
Secondly, FusionStorage 8.0 simultaneously supports block, file, object, and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) protocols, allowing a single storage system to manage an entire data center.
Thirdly, FusionStorage 8.0 integrates AI into full-lifecycle storage management, from resource planning and service provisioning, to system optimization, risk prediction, and fault location.
An industry ecosystem of openness, collaboration, and shared success
Huawei has redefined data infrastructure from computing, storage, and data processing. It leads diversified computing to make computing power more accessible and affordable. By redefining storage architecture, Huawei helps to increase storage efficiency and lead the way to intelligent storage. And a redefined data processing platform will make data analytics more intelligent and unleash the data of value faster.
So far, Huawei's GaussDB and FusionInsight big data solutions have been deployed in 60 countries and regions, serving over 1,500 customers. These two solutions have been adopted by over 500 business partners, and are widely used in industries such as finance, telecoms, government, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. HUAWEI CLOUD has launched 13 database services, including data warehouse services on the cloud for industry customers. Huawei FusionStorage was the market leader according to the IDC's software-defined storage market share report in 2018.
Upholding the principles of openness, collaboration, and shared success, Huawei actively works with customers and partners to foster a database and storage industry ecosystem consisting of industry applications, platforms and tools, and standards organizations and communities.
To this end, Huawei has established long-term partnerships with independent software vendors, including iSSTech, DCITS, DHC Software, E-Hualu, Yonyou, and AsiaInfo, to pursue data applications in vertical industries. Huawei has conducted innovations in platforms and tools with partners such as Fanruan Software, ARM, Veritas, and China Standard Software. It is also an active contributor to standards organizations and communities, including OpenSDS, China Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance, Open Compute Project, OpenStack, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
The Huawei
Global Industry Vision (GIV) predicts that global data volume will increase from 32.5 ZB in 2018 to 180 ZB in 2025. Enterprise demand for AI computing power doubles every three months, and AI adoption will rise to 80% by 2025. Looking to the future intelligent world, Huawei will continue to invest and innovate, and work with partners to redefine data infrastructure. Together, they aim to build a complete ecosystem for diversified computing and make intelligent industries a reality.
https://www.huawei.com/us/press-events/news/2019/5/huawei-launches-ai-native-database
