SAP Teched 2012 presentation covering: - Why Linux for SAP - SLES for SAP overview Trends in SAP Datacenters 100TB SAP HANA cluster

1. Moving SAP from UNIX to
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Expert Networking Session
Lounge 8
Thursday, October 18 12.30pm
Mike Cook Dirk Oppenkowski
Account Manager SAP Partner Executive
SUSE SUSE
MiCook@suse.com dop@suse.com

2. Burton Snowboards
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.
Business Issues: SUSE Solution: Results:
HP-UX platform for SAP required •SAP BI, CRM, ERP, Portal •80% less server-related costs
- expensive hardware •SUSE Linux Enterprise Server •99.999% uptime
- time-consuming •Dell INTEL servers •Reduced power consumption by
administration •SUSE Linux build-in automation 30%
•- frequent downtimes tools •Reduced administrative time and
•SAP and Oracle upgrade prompted costs by 40%
platform evaluation
•UNIX replacement was cost
prohibitive
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3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
®
The 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 within
SAP Customer Support Network
• SAP specific Performance enhancements
• SAP Antivirus Integration
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5. 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 Influence of pagecache limit on throughput
from general file system I/O caching 110.00%
100.00%
Available since SLES 11 SP1:
90.00%
 vm.pagecache_limit_mb
 Documented in SAP note 1557506: 80.00%
Linux paging improvements 70.00%
3.0.34-0.7-default pagecache limit set 3.0.34-0.7-default
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6. http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-31701
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7. Addressing Pain Points:
Why are customers moving away from RISC?
Cost Reduction Demand for Performance
IT Budget Squeeze New projects
Increasing project costs User growth
Support, maintenance costs Regulatory requirements
Business Challenges Platform Strategy
Server utilization
Standards based architecture
Space / Consolidation
Broadest solution portfolio
Power & Cooling
New platform for innovation
HW, OS, SW refresh
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8. 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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9. Competitive Assessment
RHEL 6 for
SLES for SAP
Product Elements SLES 11 SAP Business
Applications 11
Application
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
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10. Resources
SLES 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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11. When it’s Business Critical
Make the smart choice
www.suse.com/smart
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12. Visit us online to learn more
about the SUSE and SAP
relationship
www.suse.com/sap
Thank you.
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