Dirk OppenkowskiSAP Partner ExecutiveSUSEdop@suse.com

Mike CookAccount ManagerSUSEMiCook@suse.com

Moving SAP from UNIX toSUSE Linux Enterprise

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HP-UX platform for SAP required- expensive hardware- time-consuming administration•- frequent downtimes•SAP and Oracle upgrade prompted platform evaluation•UNIX replacement was cost prohibitive

•SAP BI, CRM, ERP, Portal•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server•Dell INTEL servers•SUSE Linux build-in automation tools

Business Issues: SUSE Solution: Results:•80% less server-related costs•99.999% uptime•Reduced power consumption by 30%•Reduced administrative time and costs by 40%

As a dynamic global enterprise, Burton operates 24/7 and requires the flexibility to react quickly to changes in the marketplace. The IT department, in particular, needs to provide consistent uptime and to be able to adapt to changing business needs.

Burton Snowboards

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise ServerThe Linux infrastructure for SAP solutions

• Reference platform for SAP's software development

• 7000+ Joint Customers, 100+ References

• 70+% Market share

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server optimized for SAP

• SAP Certified High Availability Offering

• Virtualization support for VMware, XEN and KVM

• SLES 24x7 Priority Support integrated withinSAP Customer Support Network

• SAP specific Performance enhancements

• SAP Antivirus Integration

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Example of a LinuxLab project: Pagecache Limit

Needed to configure a system’s available amount of pagecache Known in Unix environments but not on Linux (yet) Linux allows to tune the Linux Kernel’s general pagecache strategy (vm.swappiness)

Helpful for system sizing Protect the SAP system’s memory resources

from general file system I/O caching

Available since SLES 11 SP1: vm.pagecache_limit_mb Documented in SAP note 1557506:

Linux paging improvements

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B I/O

1024

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4 M

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6 M

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8 M

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4915

2 M

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6 M

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72 M

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70.00%75.00%80.00%85.00%90.00%95.00%

100.00%105.00%110.00%

Influence of pagecache limit on throughput

3.0.34-0.7-default pagecache limit set 3.0.34-0.7-default

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Cost Reduction Demand for Performance

IT Budget SqueezeIncreasing project costsSupport, maintenance costs

New projectsUser growthRegulatory requirements

Business Challenges Platform Strategy

Server utilizationSpace / ConsolidationPower & CoolingHW, OS, SW refresh

Standards based architectureBroadest solution portfolioNew platform for innovation

Addressing Pain Points:Why are customers moving away from RISC?

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Trends in SAP Datacenters• In 2011, SAP software revenue from

‒ Windows: 25%‒ UNIX/Linux: 75%

• Linux the only growing OS• Linux on Intel achieves 5x SAPS/$• Customers migrating away from proprietary RISC-based UNIX systems to Open

Standard Systems

Source: IDC, March 2011 (all markets)

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Product ElementsRHEL 6 for

SAP BusinessApplication

Basic Priority Basic Priority Premium

Maintenance / Update X X X X X

Dedicated SAP Update Channel X X

Priority Support 24X7 X X X

SAP Solution Manager Integration X X

Installation Wizard X X

Linux Kernel 3.0 X X X X

Xen Virtualization supported by SAP X X X X

KVM Virtualization supported by SAP X X X X X

Page-Cache Limit X X

Expanded Service Pack Overlap Support X X

High Availability Clustering X X

Cluster File System support X X

Support for SAP required JVM X X X

ClamSAP integration X X

SLES 11SLES for SAP

Applications 11

Competitive Assessment

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ResourcesSLES for SAP Apps Landing Page

• http://www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap/

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Apps Resources:• https://www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap/resource-library/ (white papers, etc.)• http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h9542-emc-vplex-business

-continuity-sap-wp.pdf

SUSE / SAP Alliance Webpages:• http://www.suse.com/partners/alliance-partners/sap/ • http://www.experiencesaphana.com

Download SLES for SAP Apps 11 SP2:• http://tinyurl.com/download-sles-for-sap

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