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IBM POWER - IBM iOptimized for SAP Solutions

2012 Status, Update, Trends, Info’s

Manfred EngelbartIBM SAP Solution Architect TeamD-65636 Frankfurt / Germany

IBM i for SAP – mind your business, not your computerIBM i for SAP – mind your business, not your computer

© 2012 IBM Corporation3

IBM i on IBM Technology

Over 30 Years of IT Excellence ~ X00.000’s Installations worldwide Integrated OS/DB Architecture:

Autonomic Computing FeaturesFast – Safe – Reliable – EasyLow Effort - Low Cost Operation

Excellent Performance and Reliability Easy and Economic to Operate Ready and Proven to run

SAP solutions IBM System i

IBM i 7.1

IBM POWER7 Technology

2001

2006

IBM i Evolution 1978 - 2012

2012

1978

1988 OS/400IBM eServer i5

AS/400OS/400

IBM i better than ever..

1995


SAP on IBM i* in Numbers

1717>1.500>1.500>3.500>3.500~16.500~16.500>600.000 >600.000 626.646626.646

and more..and more..

Years of SuccessSAP on i customers worldwideSAP on i installations worldwide (productive)

SAP users (named) at largest IBM i customerSAPS capacity on high-end IBM Power 795 (256 core)

SAP BW MXL Benchmark Navigations Steps

to come

* including: System i, iSeries and AS/400


Architecture of SAP ERP

SAP R/3up to 4.6C

Last EBCDIC

mySAP ERP

Edition 2003

mySAP ERP

Edition 2004

SAP R/3

Enterprise

First UNICODE

SAP ERP 6.0


IBM i 7.1

DB2 for IBM i

IBM Power7 Technology

PowerVM™ Virtualization Engine

PowerHA™ Availability Solutions

IBM Systems Director

IBM i is a powerful, easy-to-use and cost-effective

IT platform for SAP customers.

IBM i is optimized for SAP and can simplify SAP solution

landscapes, while requiring just a small IT staff.

DB2 for IBM i is embedded into the IBM i OS, and

Optimized for SAP solutions. It is designed and

tuned for extreme DB performance, esp. for

Business Analytics tasks, like SAP BW / BI

IBM Power7 processors provides leading technology

for SAP Solutions, with superior scalability and

performance per core, socket, and system (as proven in SAP

BI Benchmark), along with extreme power efficiency

Power System Software maximizes the SAP user value:

PowerVM provides leading virtualization without limits.

PowerHA offers extreme resiliency without downtime.

The IBM Systems Director is IBM’s strategic system

management tool for cross platform datacenter mgmt

Why IBM i for SAP ?

All SAP Solutions run with IBM i

SAP „Classic“ Solutions* run on IBM i

*based on SAP‘s Netweaver technology platform*see http://service.sap.com/pam


SAP Stand Alone Engines on IBM i

SAP NetWeaver

SAP CRM

SAP ERP (ECC )

SAP SEM

SAP PLM

SAP ComponentsBased on ABAP /JAVA

SAP Stand-Alone Components

Non- ABAP/JAVA based

SAP SCM SAP APO DB , APO APP

SAP LiveC

SAP A1All-in-One

SAP TREX

SAP Solution Mgr

WAS JAVA WAS ABAP

BI ACC

i with Intel/AMD AIX/Linux LPAR

Native IBM i

SAP Business Accel.

Adobe Document Server

SAP APO Optimizer

SAP xApps

SAP Live Cache

SAP Content Server

SAP TREX

SAP SRM SAP LiveC.

... etc

SAP Cont.Svr.

APO Opt


Browser

Internet Communication Manager (ICM)

SAP GUI

SAP Database R3<SID>DATA

ABAPVM

WP

ABAPVM

WP

ABAPVM

WP

Dispatcher Gatew

ay

Message-Server

Enqueue-Server

CentralServices

ABAPEngine

SAP Database SAP<SID>DB

Message-Server

Enqueue-Server

CentralServices

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVAVM

JAVASP

JAVA Dispatcher

SDM

J2EEEngine

JCo

• ‚Add In‘ Installation• Java Central Services = SCSxx

– Dedicated for Java

– ABAP could be ASCII or UNICODE

• Java Central Instance = JCxx– Contains SDM

• Java Dialog Instance = Jxx• Server Processes are

multithreaded

SAP Netweaver - Architecture


IBM i Single DB-Image and Subsystem Concept

OS integratedWorkload

ManagementDedicated SBS

Per SAP InstanceLPAR.

System i Advantages

QA

No DB InstanceSingle level StorageDB- Schema: Library

Autonomic Space Mgt.

No specific DB instance installation and administration No disk partitioning per Database instance Multiple Database schemas per Instance – easy to install OS integrated isolation of multiple application Instances (environments with homogenious workload profiles) Dedicated pools to keep pages in memory and avoid faultig (f.e. Java or infrequently used environments)

ERP

Auxiliary Storage Pool

PI

R3_00

SOLmgr

EP

IBM iIncl. DB instance

R3_01 R3_02 R3_03

ERP

InstanceERP

PI

Processes

SOLmgr

EP

Windows / Unix OS

InstancePI

InstanceEP

InstanceSolMgr.

Process OverviewWindows: No isolation per Instance

LPAR/WLPAR for AIXLimited Virtualization for LINUX.

Partitioned DASDPer DB-Instance.


SAP Implementation on IBM i

SAP ERP SAPGUI

data log work profile global exe

inst SYS

<SID>

sap

usr QFileSvr.400

<hostname>

<SID>

transtrans

sapmnt

profile global

run opt dbg

disp+work

R3trans

tp

QSYS.LIB

R3<REL>DBG.LIB

DWDB4.PGM

R3transdb4.PGM

TPOS4DB4.PGM

sapmnt

Data

Application

SAPJRNRCVLibrary

SAPDB

Library

SAPKernelLibrary

etc.

R3SIDJRNASP2

R3SIDDATAASP1/IASP

R3Rel.etc. File system

ASP1

SAP ERPWork Processes Type BCI

- Dialog - Batch - Spool etc.

SAP System <SID>

SAP Instance

Subsystem R3_00


0,1

Typical IBM i Netweaver Landscape, HA Approach

ERP

O.S.

Procs.

Memory

Disk

LPAR0

IBM i

Production

PI

0,1

ERP

IBM i

ASP1

LPAR 1

BW

IBM i

Production Backup-Copy

DEV

IBM i

QA Test

ASP1

QAS + DEV

IASP Mirroring / Shadow DB

Storage internal or external

Journal

ASP1 IASP

ASP 1

Storage internal or external

SOLmgr

EP

DB-SchemaLibrary PI

IASP‘

EPSolMgr.

LPAR 2 LPAR 3

SAP-components with similar workload profile under one IBM i SAP components with different workload profile in different LPAR‘s shared Journal for ERP/CRM shared Journal for ABAP/Java DB schema (EP, Sol.Mgr.)


SAP HANA (= High-Performance Analytic Appliance)

In-Memory Computing EngineIn-Memory Computing Engine

Admin and Data ModelingAdmin and Data Modeling

Real–Time Replication ServicesReal–Time Replication Services

Data Integration ServicesData Integration Services

In-MemoryComputingIn-MemoryComputing

Calculation and Planning

Engine

Calculation and Planning

Engine

SAP NetWeaver BW

SAP NetWeaver BW

3rd Party3rd Party

SAP Business Suite

SAP Business Suite

Other ApplicationsOther Applications SAP BusinessObjectsSAP BusinessObjects

MDX SQL BICS

Data Management ServiceData Management Service

Preconfigured Analytical Appliancefor flexible analytic models, based on columnar data modelusing SAP IMCE : “In-Memory Computing Engine”

IBM/SAP benchmark shows HANA easily handles 10,000 queries per hour against 1.3 TB of data, returning results within seconds

SAP HANA technology is currently

- not available onon IBM POWER technology

- BUT available withwith IBM POWER technology

including AIX and IBM i

see SAP PAM: „DB Supportability Matrix“ at:

http://service.sap.com/pam


• Based on new! POWER7 Technology• 4- or 8-Core Sockets from 3.0– 4.1 GHz• up to ~3000 SAPS / core • requires IBM i 6.1.1 or IBM i 7.1

Ready to run SAP solutions

IBM i 7.1 and 6.1.1 certified by SAP

IBM Pure FlexSystems up to 32 P7 cores

Power 7808-96

P7 cores

Power 77012-64

P7 cores

Power Express 710: 4/6/8 720: 4/6/8 730: 4/6/8

740: 4/6/8/12/16 P7 cores

SAP on i : IBM POWER7 Scalability 2012

Power 750 6-32

P7 cores

NEW

Power 7958-256

P7 cores

Power Blades

PS700-7044-32 P7 cores


IBM PureSystems for SAPare ready to run SAP solutions on

• POWER AIX/Linux and• POWER IBM i

IBM PureSystems

Expert at: optimally deploying and runningapplications for rapid time-to-value

- Expert designed, integrated and optimized application aware platform

- Platform patterns of expertise

- Simplified management with a single console

Built-in Expertise

Capturing and automating what experts do – from the infrastructure to the application

Integration by Design

Deeply integrating and tuning hardware and software – in a single, ready-to-go system

Simplified Experience

Making every part of the IT lifecycle easierIntegrated management of the entire systemA broad open ecosystem of optimized solutions

SAP customers can now benefit from IBMs innovative PureSystem technology of Expert Integrated Systemsand its unprecendented integration and consolidation of IT solution landscape


SAP solution landscaping on IBM i and IBM PureSystems

The SAP Reference Architecture documentation will be updated with the latest IBM Pure FlexSystem announcements. (see SAP SDN : http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/db4 )

The SAP reference landscape section provides an introduction to

SAP landscape topology and

Reference examples for core SAP systems running on IBM POWER AIX / Linux and IBM i

running on the new IBM PureSystems.

IBM PureSystems support :

All existing SAP implementation options, as available on existing IBM POWER Systems

plus new additional integration options

plus newly available built-in experts system management solutions/knowledge


IBM Power 720Edition #4971Edition #4975

IBM Power 720Edition #4971Edition #4975

IBM Power 740 Edition #4972

IBM Power 740 Edition #4972

IBM i Solution Editions for SAP

combine the benefits of SAP, IBM POWER and IBM i – allow easy implementation, low risk, at low TCO

Complete infrastructure:

- Power7 Server Hardware, - IBM i Operating System, - DB2 for i Database - System Management Software

• Powerful, scalable and reliable technology

• Excellent support by IBM and SAP

• Service voucher included in #4971 and #4972 models (e.g. usable for SAP “Quick Install”)

• Low Cost of Acquisition and Operation

• see: http://www.ibm.com/solutions/sap/us/en/solution/A502830U45604X94.html


SAP Sizing – CPU Rules of Thumb(revalidation with latest ISICC sizing data recommended)

•Per previous charts, we can conclude :– 1 concurrent / active user requires 12 SAPS Backend (ECC)

– + 10 SAPS (EP, PI, BI) .

– = 22 SAPS SAP NW landscape

– 1 named SAP NW user requires 11 SAPS

•Now it‘s easy to map this to CPUs and Models– tbd. (~2000-3000) SAPS/core for ECC 6.0 for POWER7 systems

– tbd. (~1000-2350) SAPS/core for ECC 6.0 for Intel/AMD based systems

Named Users

ConcurrentUsers

SAPS NetWeaver

CPUs min.Intel/AMD

CPUs min.POWER

Smallest Model

Intel/AMD

Smallest Model

POWER

100 52 1144 1 1

300 156 3432 2... 3 2

500 260 5720 3…4 2…3


SAP Sizing – Some Memory Rules of Thumb (revalidation with latest ISICC sizing data recommended)

Server=x+y SAPS

total capacity

QS SAPSresult = x

• Memory Recommendations–6…8 GB per 1000 SAPS (Quick)sizer output

–assumes an ABAP and Java mix (80%:20%)

–Consequently, server capacity is MEMORY bound

– • Above values are OK for a single SAP instance on a

server/LPAR. • Add a minimum of 2 GB for each instance in case you

consolidate several SAP instances on a single server / partition.

• Consider some additional memory for virtualization features – see separate chart


SAP Sizing – Basic I/O Rules of Thumb (revalidation with latest ISICC sizing data recommended)

• 2,5 SAPS (DB+App-Sv) generate 1 I/O operation per second

• 1 concurrent SAP NW user generates ~9 I/Os per second• A single 15k rpm disk is capable to support a maximum of 200 I/Os per second

–in other words: per 22 concurrent SAP users configure one disk drive

–resultingly, disk configuration is not capacity, but I/O driven • Disk Controller

–RAID mechanisms have impact on aggregate I/O rates of storage subsystem.•e.g., RAID 10 increases READ throughput (reads from 2 disks) but WRITE is reduced

• Adapters

–SCSI, FC, SATA, NAS, iSCSI• Storage Sizing Guide available at:

–http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3409


VirtualizationVirtualization

PowerVM • Subsystems (IBM i only)• Hypervisor (HMC)• Dynamic LPARs• Live Partition Mobility (LPM)• Multiple LPAR Pools• Single Level Storage• Active Memory Sharing• Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)

Virtual Tape Support• Integrated Virtualization

Manager (IVM)

IBM i Technology – fully enabled for SAP

SVC DS3xxx (DS3400)

DS4xxx XIV DS5020 DS5000 DS6800(*wdfs)

DS8000

DS8700

Power Systems

IBM i Version

IBM i 7.1 / 6.1 on POWER6/7

IBM i 5.4 / 6.1 / 7.1on POWER5/6/7

IBM i Attach

VIOS VIOS VIOS VIOS VIOS Direct* or VIOS

Direct* Direct* or VIOS

Direct* or VIOS

Power Blades

IBM i 7.1, 6.1(via VIOS)

Yes(BCH)

YesBCS DS3200BCH DS3400 and DS3200

Yes (BCH)

Yes (BCH)

Yes(BCH)

Yes No Yes(BCH)

Yes(BCH)

SystemMirror for IBM i Geographic Mirroring Storage agnostic HA and DR

Geographic Mirroring

Geographic Mirroring Cluster

Metro Mirror

Metro Mirror Global Mirror Flash Copy HA and DR FlashCop

y

Metro Mirror/Global Mirror Cluster

High High AvailabilityAvailability

IBM Storage Technology IBM Storage Technology

VIOS IBM i AIX Linux

Hypervisor

Basic San Copy Services

Global Mirror Boot From SAN DR/Tape Backup

FlashCopy Global Mirror


New Features and Functions of i 7.1

• Workload-Optimizing Systems– i 7.1 is optimized for SAP– Improved application performance with SQE enhancements – Automatic hot/cold data balancing on SSDs for major

performance improvemts– Large 64 KB page support

• Resiliency without downtime– Extended distance supported for multi-site disaster

recovery solutions– Automatically switch storage between servers for

high availability

• Virtualization without limits – Live Partition Mobility (LPM) and LPAR Hibernation

available on IBM i– Hosting of multiple IBM i releasesfor upgrading to IBM i 7.1

• Total Integration with DB2 – Simplify data exchange with customers and suppliers

with native XML support– Efficiently search unstructured XML data with

OmniFind Text Search Server

• Management with Automation– Easy system management with IBM Systems Director – Multiple IBM i releases in single browser env.

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IBM i 7.1 - Optimized for SAPBenefits for SAP :

new option for faster processing of

SAP application workload

enhanced options and protection against SAP

application outages - higher availability of SAP

solutions

enhanced consolidation of SAP environments

allows simplified SAP landscapes on few servers

additonal functions and enhanced

DB-Performance of SAP on DB2 for i

New tools and functions for easier management

and improved performance of SAP on DB2 for i


Distributed Landscape •Multiple vendors •DB is an application•Acquisition cost / box•Operation complexity•Support complexity

SAP on IBM i: Integration = Simplicity

Hardware Layer

Virtualization

HW - Vendor

OS

SW - Vendor

OS - Vendor

Application Layer

DB

SAP on “WIntel”: Distributed

Application Layer

IBM Power Systems Hardware

OS + DatabaseVirtualization

SAP on IBM i : Integrated

Integrated Landscape • Integration - single “Box” - by single vendor - IBM• Simplicity - Run the Business, not the Computer• DB2 for i - My Data is My Business, and the Data is on i

DB - Vendor


IBM PowerVM – IBM i Subsystemsto run SAP Solutions

• IBM i supports PowerVM LPARs– Dynamic “Micro-LPARing

– LPAR Pooling

• IBM i “Subsystems” allow perfect sharing of

– A Single OS-DB image

– CPU and memory resources

– between different applications

– No manual control required, but possible

– SAP-Note 416994 IBM i subsystems allow mixed workload of SAP and non-SAP applications

SUBS1SAP ERP

SUBS2SAP CRM

IBM i - DB2Single Image

SUBS3SAP HR

single memory space

SUBS4Legacy


X

X

IBM i V7.1is ready and proven

for SAP


IBM i 7.1 TR3 - Optimized for SAP

IBM i 7.1 benefits for SAP customers

IBM i Version 7.1 Technology Release 3 (TR3) delivers for SAP on IBM i clients additional optimization developed by the SAP and IBM labs especially for SAP applications running on i.

The SAP on IBM i enhancements are available by simply becoming current with the IBM i info apar for V7.1. Replacing all SAP 7.x kernels with the latest SAP 7.20 EXT kernel is also recommended to fully realize all of the optimization provided by the development teams at SAP and IBM.

Further details can be found on IBM Techdocs: http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10763


• POWER7 Systems Live Partition Mobility (LPM)provides the next step in virtualization and enabling more robust cloud solutions.

• IBM PowerHA SystemMirror now supports Storwize V7000 and SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage systemsto its MetroMirror, Global Mirror, and FlashCopy functions

• DB2 for i enhancements performance and security enhancements, plus new features to improve SW developer performance

• DB2® WebQuery offers more granular security options

• IBM Software Group Support for IBM i Workgroups, allowing the licensing of IBM software products to reflect usage.

• Application Management ToolSet (AMTS) from IBM Rational® to be used by application providers who need to edit and compile installation scripts of application managers needing to use "work with" capabilities.

• IBM Web Enablement for i (5722-WE2)has been enhanced to include WebSphere® Application Server-Express® V8.5. infrastructure flexibility required by today's production data centers.

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IBM i 7.1 TR4 - New Functions

SAP releva

nt


Physical systems Internal storage Static resource

partitions Manual setup Physical media install Licensing per core Tape Backups

Virtualized Dynamic IT resources

Suspend-ResumeLPAR function

External storage via VIOS and SAN

Network install and backups

Scripted partition creation

Licensing per core HA available

Partition mobility Partition hibernation Image (partition)

provisioning/cloning Virtualized everything Workflow automation More granular licensing Flash copy checkpoints and

snapshots HA as base requirement

SoD:Cloud

for IBM i

Move to very dynamic elastic

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Roadmap for IBM i

Past

Present

Future

The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality.



IBM i for SAP – Joint Strategy and Roadmap

“Our commitment to our IBM i clients, ISVs and business partners is solid and unchanged. With our clearly defined processor and software roadmap, we are making substantial investments in the future of IBM i as an important, strategic element in the IBM systems portfolio.

Colin Parris Vice President, IBM Power SystemsFebruary 2011

… It is SAP's objective to release all SAP Business Suite and related SAP NetWeaver deliverables such as new releases, enhancement packages and support packagessynchronously for all supported platforms. IBM DB2 for i and IBM i as one of theseplatforms is available to customers since 1995 and there are no plans to changethis for current and future deliverables of SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver.

Christian HöltersSAP Development ManagerDB/OS Platforms, SAP on IBM iApril 2010


The SAP Business Suite applications and the underlying SAP NetWeaver technology are supported on various database and operating systems ("platforms") as described in the SAP Netweaver Platforms Availability Matrix ("PAM"). The SAP NetWeaver PAM documents the broad platform coverage of the SAP Application Servers and the more restricted platform coverage of selected additional technology components (SAP livecache, SAP TREX, Adobe Document Services.. ).

It is SAP's objective to release all SAP Business Suite and related SAP NetWeaver deliverables such as new releases, enhancement packages and support packages synchronously for all supported platforms. IBM DB2 for i and IBM i as one of these platforms is available to customers since 1995 and there are no plans to change this for current and future deliverables of SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver.

Most of SAP's technology components are supported on IBM i as on other platforms and for the few unsupported components SAP and IBM recommend to use Windows as supplementary operating system. All of the SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver deliverables on IBM i have even been available to customers during early product introduction ("RampUp"). The utilization of new release of IBM i is usually certified for all releases of SAP products on IBM i in Mainstream Maintenance only 4 weeks after IBM General Availability.

A joint SAP and IBM platform team is responsible for optimal adaption of SAP technology to IBM i and optimal utilization of IBM technology with SAP. This team is strongly committed to functional completeness, timely availability maximum quality and optimal support of SAP products on IBM i.

Christian HöltersSAP Development ManagerDB/OS Platforms, SAP on IBM iApril 2010

SAP Solution Availability for IBM i


• SAP on IBM i Development Team of ~20 HC–Started in 1995 for R/3 on AS/400

–Joint staff by IBM and SAPworking “hand-in-hand, side-by-side”

• Mission: –Enable of SAP solutions on IBM i

–Enable IBM Power / IBM i technology for SAP

–Test and optimize new SAP releases(e.g. Project “KOBI” – simple 1-day install of SAP A1)

–Certify and optimize new IBM i OS/DB releases

–Provide SAP-on-i customer support

–Provide technical education / papers

–Support customer/BP briefings, user groups,

50/50

Strategic IBM SAP-IBM i Partnership


IBM Power SystemsIBM Power Systems

LPAR1: Production

iASP

DataMirroring

ERP

CRM

LPAR2: BW Production

LPAR3: Development & Test

SolMan

BW

SCM

PLM

LPAR3:

APOLC

LPAR2: IBM i Express Edition

PI EP

LPAR1: Backup

SCM

PLM

ERP

CRM

ERPCRMSCM

PLMBW

PIEP

iASP

SAP Business Suite on IBM i : Reference ArchitectureSource: SAP SDN , see: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/db4 resp: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/80fe0a1a-8586-2d10-18a2-e392f4af69a0?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true


IBM Standard Configurations (excerpt) : http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3331

IBM Power Systems for IBMi & Storage Standard Configurations for SAP BS 7 and NetWeaver 7.0 (10Q2010)

Confi-guration

Max. supported concurrent users

Supported SAP component

Supported SAP landscape

Suggested Hardware Remarks:All configurations and prices based on German eConfig profile. Require local adaptions.

Suggested Hardware

IBM Power™ System- # cpu

cores@GHzMemory

IBM System Storage

TBUsable Space

Backup Device

Clustered(3tier)

25 •Business Suite 7

aka

•ECC 6.0 Enhance-ment Package (EHP) 4

•Production•Test (QA)•Solution Manager

BladeCenter PS700 Express 1 @3.0 16 GB

Internal BC-S/1.2 TB

TS2240LT04 SAS

no Blade Center S User based lic..DB license inc..

720 8202-E4B Solution Edition

[email protected] 32Gb

Internal disks1.7 TB

DAT160 SAS

no User based lic.DB license included

100 BladeCenter PS700 Express [email protected] 32 GB

DS35123.6

TS2240LT04SAS

no Blade Center S , DB license included

720 8202-E4B Solution Edition [email protected] 48 GB

Internal Disks2.2 TB

DAT160SAS

no DB license included

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SAP on System i : Business ValueSource: ITG Report , Value Proposition for IBM POWER Systems Servers and i, January 2010ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/pol03062usen/POL03062USEN.PDF

Comparisons are between IBM Power 520 and 550 systems equipped with IBM i 6.1 and PowerVM virtualization firmware; and Dell PowerEdge Intel Xeon-based servers with Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, and Linux and Oracle Database 11g. Where appropriate, VMware ESX virtualization tools are employed.

The IBM i Cost Advantage:

> 40% > 40% lower IT cost


New ! SAP-IBM i reference case studies

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/spc03373aten/SPC03373ATEN.PDF

http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=BR&infotype=PM&appname=SNDE_SP_SP_DEEN&htmlfid=SPB03013DEEN&attachment=SPB03013DEEN.PDF

IBM i for SAP – mind your business, not your computerIBM i for SAP – mind your business, not your computer

AriZona concluded that maintenance and license expenses would be reduced by 50 percent with the IBM Power Systems solution -with three-year savings over the Intel option close to $100,000

Joe DeBellaChief Information OfficerAriZona Beverage Company

http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/spc03386wwen/SPC03386WWEN.PDF


Visit the IBM i - SAP Websites: SAP on IBM i: http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/support/erp/SAP SDN for IBM i http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/db4SAP on IBM i Wiki site (IBM internal) http://w3.webahead.ibm.com/w3ki2/display/isicc/SAP+on+IBM+iSAP on IBM http://www.ibm.com/solutions/sapSAP on IBM TechDocs http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10763

Contact the ISICC Info Service: e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +49 6227 73-1099, Fax: -1052

Contact the ISICC IBM i Team Walter Lang [email protected]

Frank Zimmer [email protected]

Contact the SAP-IBM i Specialists : IBM Americas Robert Kuhn:[email protected] Michelle Ojielo: [email protected]

Jorgelina Eliggi [email protected]

IBM Rochester Lab Jim Anderson : [email protected] Ron Schmerbauch: [email protected] Hoelzle : [email protected] Mike Frost: [email protected]

IBM Deutschland Manfred Engelbart : [email protected] IBM Österreich / Schweiz Karl Prisching :[email protected] , Urs Vogt : [email protected] IBM Latin America Jorgelina Eliggi [email protected] IBM ASEAN Satid Singkorapoom [email protected]

Contacts and further information




more info on IBM i and SAP ...

Email contact for generic questions - IBM/SAP Competence Center (ISICC) Email contact IBM Rochester Lab Services consulting - SAP Center of Excellence

Home and Information Hub of the global IBM SAP Alliance

IBM Lab Rochester Rochester / Minnesota


SAP on IBM i : Ready for the 7-7-7 move

SAP customers now have an excellent opportunity to upgrade and run latest IBM and SAP technology :

• IBM i Version 7.1 • on latest IBM POWER7 technology • running the SAP Buiness Suite 7

Making the move up to the "7-7-7" level can yield threefold benefits: IBM i 7.1 provides enhanced functions and optimzed performance IBM POWER7 servers provide greatly enhanced performance and scalabilityThe SAP Business Suite 7 offers greatly extended functionality and features.

For all customers running backlevel versions or releases, NOW is the time to upgrade and capitalize on the latest HW/SW technology.

For more details , please check out the available information on - SAP notes : 1432783 at: service.sap.com/notes (requires valid SAP user-ID)- the SAP-on-IBM i intranet website at: https://w3-03.sso.ibm.com/sales/support/ShowDoc.wss?docid=JWKZ-5M9L9F&infotype=SK&infosubtype=W0

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