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Technology as a Fuel for the Process of Digital Transition
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Irene Hopf, Global Thought Leader SAP Solutions
June 2nd 2016, Zagreb Croatia
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IT Technology in SAP Landscapes
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About Lenovo
• Revenue: $46 B
• 58000 Employees
• Customers in 160 countries
• Global Fortune 500 List: # 231
Source: http://www.lenovo.com/lenovo/us/en/index.shtml?footer-id=our_company
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Lenovo is a Global Technology Partner of SAP
SAP
Solutions
400+
Terabyte
@SAP
5000+ SAP
HANA
Servers
System X
SAP Alliance Management
Global Lenovo SAP Center of
Competence
Dedicated Development Team
for SAP Solutions
Global SAP Technology
Services
World Record Technology
Lenovo Alliance Management
CEO Level Interlock
Joint Leading Edge
Development Projects
SAP features Lenovo in
SAPPHIRE / TechEd Keynotes
Large System X Customer
for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
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Technology Matters for the Digital Core
SAP HANA
SAP S/4HANA
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Technology Matters
Deployment Options
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SAP HANA Delivery Options
A good starting point: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-59900
CapEx
OpEx
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Lenovo Solution for SAP HANA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 or 6.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 or 12
What is an SAP HANA “appliance”
An in-memory solution integrated with software,
hardware, and services.
X6 - x3850 X6 and x3950 X6
OS
FPO Functionality
Spectrum Scale or XFS
SAP HANA®
Application
Features
Optimized, easy to deploy
Unique Spectrum Scale file system
Infrastructure reliability, scalability, and availability
Advantages
Largest scale-out capability
Lab Service infrastructure implementation
50% market share on SAP HANA systems
Benefits
Support business growth with scalability
No SAN with Spectrum Scale flexibility
Fast deployment and low TCO
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Technology Matters
Scalability
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SAP HANA Scalability
Maintain your initial investment with Scale Up / Scale Out options !
Simple
• No SAN required because of a unique shared nothing architecture • Expand database by adding nodes • Single part number ordering for integrated server
A
Seamless
• Highly Available (HA)
• Intelligent Cluster integrated packaging and assembly
• Installation and managed services
B
Scalable • Scale out to 94 nodes and larger
• Certified by SAP C
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…
Scale up
Scale up
each
node or
continue
to scale
out
…
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Technology Matters
Performance
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Preparing for SAP S/4HANA
•Sizing and Capacity Planning
– Housekeeping
– Archiving
– Compression
– Data aging
– Data tiering
• Tools – Sizing Reports for existing
“any-DB” based systems – 1872170 Suite on HANA - S/4 sizing report
– 1793345 Sizing for SAP Suite on HANA
– 1736976 Sizing Report for BW on HANA
– SAP Quicksizer for initial estimation (Greenfield) http://service.sap.com/hanaqs
– Lessons learned Sizing for SAP HANA
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Technology Matters
Business Continuity
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• SAP Application
• SAP HANA DB
• Operating System
• File System
• Drivers and Firmware
• Hardware Components
• Network
Business Continuity
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Planned Downtime
(Maintenance Windows)
Unplanned Outages
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HA & DR Concepts in General for SAP HANA
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Unistar PRO
Sharpening its competitive edge with SAP and Lenovo
Client success Summary To capitalize on its success as a market-leader, Slovenian IT services company Unistar
PRO expanded its portfolio and began offering SAP HANA® on the cloud. The company
deployed a Lenovo System x solution, enabling it to offer SAP HANA as a service at a
fixed rate, while guaranteeing a minimum of 99% system availability.
“Running SAP HANA on Lenovo
System x gives us a strong
competitive edge in both domestic
and foreign markets.”
— David Bevc, Head of Cloud Services,
Unistar PRO
Solution components
Hardware
• Lenovo Flex System, Lenovo System x3950
X6 with up to 8 Intel® Xeon® E7 processors /
18 cores per processor
Applications
• SAP Business Warehouse, ERP, HANA,
Process Integration
Software
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• VMware
Read the Case Study
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Key Points to Take Home
•Business
– Secure the business scenario and business case
– Plan business continuity with the business functions
• IT
– Integrate SAP HANA infrastructure into existing datacenter processes
– Sizing / capacity planning
- Run the available report tools or use the SAP Quicksizer with due diligence
- Involve all parties
•Politics Establish trust
– Between vendors (SAP , HW, OS, etc. )
– Between IT and application departments
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More Information
Lenovo SAP Alliance: www.lenovo.com/solutions/sap
SAP HANA from Lenovo: www.lenovo.com/sap/hana
BW Accelerator from Lenovo: www.lenovo.com/bwa
Lenovo and SAP Partnership for the Datacenter video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_342991314
7&feature=iv&src_vid=TFN7PPAoqe0&v=0Jqw8M_1reY
Lenovo Press: In-memory Computing with SAP HANA on Lenovo X6
Systems https://lenovopress.com/sg248086
Send an email to: [email protected]
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Irene Hopf
Global Thought Leader SAP Solutions Phone +49 6227 73 1750
Mobile +49 160 90912971
Email [email protected]
