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Industry

Manufacturing

Business Challenge

Enhance performance and scalability

of SAP R/3 solutions

Technology Solution

SAP R/3 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Enterprise Hardware Platform

HP Servers based on Intel Itanium Processor Family

Itanium 2 delivers next generationof SAP solution performance &scalability for Windows*

H P I N T E L S O L U T I O N C E N T E R B L U E P R I N T M A N U F A C T U R I N G

S O L U T I O N A R C H I T E C T S


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Meeting New Market Demands

In a modern company, the ability to reach the right information at

the right time is crucial for overall business success. Information

systems must be available 24/7 from all locations, both local and

distant. Information technology provides the access-on-demand

that provides answers to important business questions. Modern

information systems must be completely integrated within an

organization, highly available, customizable, expandable and

allow for increased user demand. Rapid take up by employees

and ease of maintenance are two other factors that will help

ensure an acceptable Total Cost of Ownership.

SAP AG is the world's leading provider of e-business software.

By implementing SAP solutions on Microsoft Windows

Advanced Server Limited Edition version 1.2, corporations can

make major improvements in their information handling require-

ments, ensuring increased global competitiveness.

The SAP R/3 software solution, already prepared for 64-bit

operating systems and hardware since 1993, is an integratedsystem, where all functionality to run an enterprise is provided

by one system. SAP R/3 offers transaction and reporting func-

tionality in the areas of financial accounting, sales and distribu-

tion, materials management, quality management, production

planning, plant maintenance, and many others.

This complete 64-bit solution provides increased performance,

more memory and additional resources when paired with

Microsofts newest generation of Windows Advanced Server

Limited Edition version 1.2 and HP servers based on the sec-

ond-generation Itanium processor.

The Business Challenge

Information systems must handle a rapidly growing number of

concurrent users at different locations, while preserving good

performance, and without becoming too complex to run and

maintain. One way of handling such issues in the past was the

implementation of distributed environments, where services

were distributed across many computers, in many cases, at dif-

ferent geographical locations. With new enabling communica-

tion technologies and high bandwidth possibilities, Application

Service Providing and centralization are becoming cost-cutting

imperatives.

Other common challenges have to do with existing legacy sys-

tems. During years of business, a lot of different information

systems are implemented in an average enterprise. As a conse-

quence, business data and information is usually spread across

different platforms and applications. That makes operations

slower due to the time needed to get and organize information.

On the other hand, costs are increasing, as a result of invest-ments in different platforms. The staff education and compen-

sation required to administer, operate and maintain different

hardware, operation system and application architectures also

pose significant costs. Solution architects of SAP solutions

need to deliver reliable performance to service level agreements

(SLAs) while balancing the needs of end users for both business

growth and IT cost-efficiencies. Production and delivery envi-

ronments, such as those found in extended manufacturing

companies, demand extensive planning capabilities.

Finally, escalating costs of data center real-estate dictates high-

er density servers on the application tier to contain proliferation

and improve manageability. The ability to have the completeinformation system infrastructure for the entire company at one

place, running one operating system and one ERP system such

as SAP R/3 is vital, no matter how large and distributed the

business is. Also, users of ERP systems are demanding an

easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI), similar to those

which they already have on their PCs or are available on the

World Wide Web.

Solving those issues can dramatically improve company-wide

business efficiency and system administration with one oper-

ation system kernel throughout all platforms, from client desk-

top to 64-bit server architecture, TCO can be reduced signifi-

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The solution overview

SAP R/3 and its components excel at integrating and improving

business practices. For businesses of most any size and indus-

try, SAP R/3 offers a compelling combination of functionality, flex-

ibility, and technology, enabling companies to respond quickly to

change. Faster response means customers will have more timeto concentrate on strategically growing their core competencies.

SAP R/3 overcomes the limitations of traditional hierarchical

and function-oriented structures common in other software.

Sales and materials planning, production planning, warehouse

management, financial accounting, and human resources man-

agement are all integrated into a workflow of business events

and processes across departments and functional areas.

Employees receive the right information and documents at the

right time to their desktops. SAP R/3 spans organizational and

geographical boundaries for corporate headquarters, manufac-

turing plants, sales offices, and subsidiaries all merge for

integrated handling of business processes.

Targeted at enterprise and high-performance computing, the

newly developed Intel Itanium processor family enables a broad

choice of platforms and applications for 64-bit servers and

workstations at significantly lower costs than proprietary offer-

ings, while providing exceptional performance, scalability andreliability. The Intel Itanium processor family offers the

price/performance advantages of industry standard compo-

nents while providing the degree of scalability and range of

architectural features necessary within the high-performance

market.

The just introduced HP server rx2600 and HP server rx5670

powered by Itanium 2 processors provide a compelling 64-bit

platform for SAP solutions on the Windows Server operating

system. This provides for larger memory, increased processing

power and expanded I/O capacity, providing additional power

to SAP applications. Where both 32-bit and 64-bit SAP kernels

are available on an operating system platform for a particularcomponent of the mySAP.com e-Business platform, users can

now achieve a complete 64-bit solution.

Technology

This complete 64-bit solution represents a new generation of

software rewritten for 64-bit platforms. This is the convergence

of several new technologies designed for each other which now

work together as reliably as their 32-bit predecessors:

HP server rx2600 powered by 1-2 Intel

Itanium 2 processors

HP server rx5670 powered by 2-4 Intel

Itanium 2 processors

64-bit SAP R/3

64-Bit Windows Advanced Server, Limited

Edition version 1.2

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

64-bit database

64-bit software:Currently, all SAP solutions support 64-bit

systems. As demand for these systems has

increased, the answer to the demand is the

availability of the 64-bit version of Microsoft

Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition.

The new technology opens up many opportu-

nities for SAP solutions, specifically the

simplification of SAP R/3 customization and

configuration. By running SAP R/3 on 64-bit systems, cus-

tomers can expect a high level of reliability, high availability, high

performance and lower TCO. Specifically, new solutions, such

as mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) with the

SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) component

with liveCache an in-memory database and comprehensive

business intelligence solutions, will really benefit from 64-bit

support.

Microsoft Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition

version 1.2

Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition version 1.2 will allow

for the following Windows 64-bit features:

Load-balancing enhancements allowing for more reliable

network load balancing

IIS 6 Lock-down setup policy is more secure

IIS 6 Kernel mode caching increases overall performance

IIS 6 Process handling model improved to further increase

reliability

Clustering reboots managed for non-stop operation

8 node cluster support brings more flexibility and reliability

Support for accessing up to 16 Terabytes of virtual memory

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit:

To complement 64-bit Windows, Microsoft is releasing its 64-

bit version of the industrys de-facto standard SQL Server data-

base. Ease of use remains excellent with a completely consistent

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user interface from the previous 32-bit version, but perform-

ance, capacity and reliability are all enhanced:

Extended thresholds that surpass maximums of previous

32-bit versions

More concurrent sessions allowed

Query performance improved

Support for in memory database and large data ware-

houses

2nd Generation 64-bit Hardware:

Industry Standard Technologies

The Intel Itanium processor family is the industry standard tech-

nology of the future. The technology is based upon Explicitly

Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) providing the growth in

processor performance needed to meet the application per-

formance needs of the future. HP rx2600 and HP rx5670

Itanium 2 servers are hardware enhanced for maximum per-

formance and memory scalability due to the special HP zx1

chipset. For the latest information on HP Itanium-based plat-

forms, visit www.hp.com/go/itanium.

Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing

EPIC is designed to parallelize the instructions within each

clock cycle. This is accomplished using software compilers that

decide which instructions can be processed in parallel. SAP R/3

will take advantage of this feature allowing it to process moreinstructions per clock cycle, therefore improving the perform-

ance of the SAP application.

The HP rx2600 and HP rx5670 servers are second-generation

Itanium servers utilizing the HP developed zx1 chipset to provide

substantially better application performance. The rx2600 is a

2-way capable server and the rx5670 is a 4-way capable server.

HP Performance Enhancements:

The HP zx1, a special hardware enhancement unique to HP

Itanium 2 servers, provides better price/performance than com-

petitors due to its low latency, high bandwidth and low cost

design. The HP zx1 memory subsystem is also more flexiblethan any other technology available. When combined, these

attributes mean substantially better application performance.

Target Market

This solution can be implemented in almost any business envi-

ronment, almost regardless of industry manufacturing, retail,

distribution, telecom, finance, government, non-profit or any

other. The market opportunity for SAP solutions continues to

grow in terms of both markets served, as well as in the depthand breadth of the SAP offering. Today the majority of newly

installed SAP solutions are on a Windows platform. For global

enterprises, SAP R/3 has historically been deployed in hetero-

geneous three-tier configurations in order to meet the price-

performance and reliability requirements of customers. In these

environments, Windows has been the platform of choice on the

application tier.

From a management perspective, there are two main areas that

will benefit from a 64-bit SAP R/3 implementation. The first area

is future growth this solution can improve application integra-

tion issues, and create a secure growth path within a very short

implementation period. The second area is user friendliness: theuser community adoption time frame is very small, because

there is no change to the look and feel of their usual Office

applications. Both of these reasons lower operation costs,

increase resource productivity and boost profits.

From a system administrators perspective, this solution is pre-

ferred, because they already administer Windows 32-bit based

platforms and already have most of the necessary skills to

administer Windows 64-bit architecture. This solution seam-

lessly integrates with existing systems. Administration of sever-

al different computer architectures and operation systems with-

in one organization will not be needed, and that can have a

major impact on total system availability, reliability and security.

This solution is most applicable to the installed base of

Windows customers who are looking to achieve increased busi-

ness performance for mission critical SAP R/3 solutions while

minimizing the risk to their existing business systems. These

customers will especially benefit from the Itanium technology

for greater native memory allocation possibilities, improved

computational and transaction processing while minimizing dis-

ruption to their existing SAP environment. Itanium 2 systems

can begin to be used in parallel with existing IA32 systems, eas-

ing migration with immediate returns in productivity gains from

relatively minor investments and with minimum risk.

Customers whose databases have grown rapidly in size will

want the larger memory buffers, as well as the performance

needed to manage these buffers. A new type of database is

also emerging, the in-memory database (IMDB), which takes a

more direct approach to the use of large quantities of physical

memory by optimizing for main-memory data management

rather than disk-based management.

Mission critical database applications will also benefit from

advanced reliability features in the Intel Itanium processor fam-

ily that detect errors and minimize the scope of their effects.

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Case studies / Proof points

VTG-Lehnkering AG*, a leading logistics company based in

Hamburg, Germany, has moved seamlessly to a high-perform-

ance future-proof 64-bit platform capable of handling its exist-

ing logistics applications. VTG-Lehnkering is using the

mySAP.com e-Business platform and Microsoft SQL Server2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit application running on two

Proliant* DL590 Itanium based servers for the SAP R/3-based

database and central unit. They are using SAP R/3 Financials

(FI), Enterprise Consolidation (EC-CS), Controlling (CO) and

Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) applications.

ECS AG, a system integrator based in Hamburg, has success-

fully implemented this mySAP.com production installation based

on the Windows 64-bit platform running on Intel Itanium based

servers for VTG-Lehnkering, one of their major clients. The solu-

tion deployed was a completely 64-bit based solution and

achieved the following success factors:

Completely eliminated previous issues with memory allo-

cations above 2-3 GB RAM by increasing allocations to

4 GB RAM

Scalable to a load up greater than existing systems

32-bit and 64-bit databases were combined with one

another for high availability SQL Server

Logistical applications could migrate to Windows 64-bit

platform running on Intel-based servers

System resources could be displayed for the whole load

area

Significant cost savings were achieved through simpler

maintenance and familiar Windows-based format

In the future, another eight nodes in a fail over cluster can

be added, increasing potential scalability. Operation and

maintenance will also be more flexible, and system avail-

ability will improve as well.

The challenge for the IT departments was to make the software

available by January 1st, 2002. In January 2002, the system

went into production on Intels 32-bit server architecture. Just

two months later, VTG-Lehnkering switched to a full Itanium

processor production environment on ProLiant DL 590 four

processor servers. By the end of February, the systems wereproven and comprehensive tests showed there were no obsta-

cles in switching to production mode. During March 2002, the

production system for VTG-Lehnkering was switched from

32-bit to 64-bit.

Overall the solution implemented provides feature and function-

ality equal to that implemented on a 32-bit platform. In addition,

64-bit technology has given added performance benefits, with

little or no extra administration training required for system

administrators.

VTG-Lehnkering is confident in opting for an Intel-based plat-

form with its scalability and future-proof architecture.

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The Intel 64-bit processors are

the basis for the next generation

of industry servers. We are

beginning to see IA32 projects

with large software applications

that are already reaching thelimits of conventional server

architectures. The solution has

also given VTG-Lehnkering an edge over the competition

by implementing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise

Edition 64-bit on an Intel Itanium processor-based

machine, and we were able to get the memory address-

ability we needed to run our mySAP.com applications

more efficiently. Were confident about the extended

competitive advantage that Itanium processors promise

to deliver as our platforms develop over time.

Roman Mielinski, IT Director, VTG-Lehnkering AG

Some of our customers are

reaching the natural thresholds

of the 32-bit address space.

These limitations of memory

management and file systems

can be enhanced by advancing

all components to 64-bit, from

hardware and operating system

to database and application servers. In the project at

VTG-Lehnkering, we realized a full 64-bit-based SAP

solution.

Bernhard Bellmann, CEO, ECS AG


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Benchmark demonstrates performance

Microsoft and HP have together demonstrated the improve-

ments Itanium 2 processors are bringing to four-way commercial

servers over the first generation Itanium Proliant server, and

other 32- and 64-bit processor systems. The following illustrates

how the HP 4-way rx5670 Itanium 2 servers show high perform-

ance using SAP Standard Application Sales and Distribution

(SD) Benchmark results:

The new HP server rx5670 produced the best 4-way system

performance results on the SAP R/3 Standard Application SD

two-tier benchmark, supporting 470 SAP SD benchmark users

at an average response time of 1.97 seconds with 99% proces-

sor utilization.

With a total throughput of 141,000 dialog steps per hour, the

server system was configured with 16GB of DDR 266 SDRAM

memory, 4 Intel Itanium 2 processors at 1GHz, each with 3MB

L3 cache.

All benchmarks were run with SAP R/3 Release 4.6C. The HP

rx5670 server used Microsoft Windows Advanced Server LE

v1.2 and the current release of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Enterprise Edition 64-bit relational database; tested by HP and

Microsoft in Redmond, WA.

This benchmark fully complies with the SAP Benchmark

Councils issued benchmark regulations and has been audited

and certified by SAP. For details of the certified benchmark

according to the SAP Benchmark Council Regulations, please

see: www.sap.com/benchmark

Server

HP Server rx5670

Compaq ProLiant

Model DL590/64

Compaq ProLiant

DL580

IBM eServer

xSeries Model 440

Compaq

AlphaServer ES45

SD Users

470

200

240

312

420

Avg Dialog

Rspns Time

(sec)

1.97

1.7

1.79

1.98

1.8

Dialog

Steps/Hour

141000

62000

73000

94000

128000

OS

Windows

AS LE

Windows

AS LE

Windows

2000

Windows

2000

Tru64 Unix

V. 5.1A

RDBMS

Release

MS SQL Server

2000

MS SQL Server

2000

MS SQL Server

2000

DB2 UDB 7.2

Oracle 8.1.7

Central Server description

4-way Itanium 2, 1 Ghz, 3MB

L3 cache, DDR 266 SDRAM

4-way SMP, Itanium 800 MHz,

4 MB L3 cache

4-processors SMP, Pentium III

Xeon 900 MHz, 2 MB L2 cache

4-way SMP, Pentium Xeon 1.6

GHz, 1 MB L3 cache

4-way SMP, EV6.8CB 1000

MHz, 8 MB L2 cache

Memory (MB)

16384

8192

2560

8192

16384

SAP SD twotier benchmark, four-way servers


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Customer Value Proposition

Benefits for the corporation

Implementing an SAP R/3 solution based on the Intel Itanium 2

64-bit platform from HP creates significant benefits and com-

petitive advantages for a company, regardless of its industry

and size. The most significant advantages of such a solution are

as follows:

It enables the exploitation of the full 64-bit potential of the

worlds leading ERP platform in the Microsoft Windows-

based operational environment, as well as seamless inte-

gration with the widely used Microsoft Office, providing

customers with the improved business performance of

SAP solutions combined with the TCO benefits associated

with the Win-Tel environment.

It enables rapid business growth 64-bit architecture can

address more than 4 Gigabytes of RAM, allowing the

potential for more concurrent users, higher performanceand availability.

There is no need for different teams of system administra-

tors for desktop computers, applications, and server plat-

forms allowing for improved resource utilization.

64-bit Itanium 2 systems are intended to be the most cost

effective ways for IA 32 customers to attain greater per-

formance. There is no need to hire and train another

group of system administrators for the new platform,

because the administrative and user interfaces for 64-bit

Windows platform are the same as for all other Windows

platforms. Choosing 64-bit systems now prepares cus-

tomers for easier growth in the future.

Implementation time can be measured in weeks and

months instead of years improving time to solution as well

as lowered cost of acquisition.

Benefits for global system integrators and SAP imple-

mentation partners

System integrators with global operations can reduce their

delivery costs by

Improved ability to meet demanding Service Level

Agreements through more choice of operating systems

supported by a single architecture

Improved ROI and business performance for both new

and existing SAP R/3 installations, especially those that

use the production planning, materials management and

sales director modules.

Cost-effective and risk-free transition to Itanium architec-

ture.

Solution Benefits

64-bit SAP solutions make the difference

Large installations of SAP solutions can now benefit from

Itaniums 64-bit capability for massive memory addressing.

Business applications such as SAP APO liveCache (part of the

mySAP SCM solution) can use the large memory space to keep

the whole database in resident memory.

The combination of Itaniums improved processor performance

and increased memory addressing optimizes throughput for

intensive mySAP.com applications.

With improved response times, end users of SAP solutions will

experience significant productivity gains. Other benefits include:

increased efficiency in overall system administration as system

capacity is expanded; more users given access to the system

without expanding hardware resources; and the ability to load

more mySAP applications simultaneously. These benefits allow

in-box upgrades to extend the life and protect the investment ofexisting hardware environments. Long-term systems handling is

minimized, freeing up time and resources for other, more pro-

ductive activities.

SAP customers that want to move system performance to the

next generation, especially those with Sales and Distribution,

Production Planning and Materials Management applications,

can improve productivity with SAP R/3 running on HPs Itanium

2-based servers.

Functional Business Concept

mySAP.com provides a comprehensive set of solutions for

running almost any kind of business. SAP R/3 is an important

component of the mySAP.com e-Business platform through

which many interactions must pass. It is critical to a business

that SAP R/3 be as fast and reliable as possible.

SAP R/3 Product Overview

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The various mySAP applications that make up the mySAP.com

e-Business platform map onto an organizations business

processes. All applications are closely integrated with each

other for providing users immediate access to shared data, real-

time management of online information, and the ability to

dynamically respond to shifts in the business.

SAP R/3 as part of the mySAP.com e-Business platform has the

ability to completely integrate all of the functions of a business,

organization, utility or manufacturer. The following diagram pro-

vides a good example of the integration of the business process

in the Sales and Distribution (SD) application of SAP R/3 as an

example.

During the Sales and Distribution business function, an order

enters into sales support, and as the order is processed through

the system, it crosses a number of other business processes

until it is invoiced. Once invoiced, the Financial Accounting (FI)application takes over to help ensure proper payment and

distribution of revenue to the appropriate locations. Also shown

is how the SD application triggers the Materials Management

(MM) application, which manages warehouses and helps

ensure that proper levels of inventory are maintained.

User experience

Familiar Look and Feel

SAP R/3 has different user interfaces for users, operators and

administrators. In each case the user interface is optimized for

ease of use through years of evolution from customer feedback.

The user interface allows for optimal access to all of the func-

tions, and can be customized for any specific implementation.

As customers implement newer versions of SAP R/3, the inter-

faces remain identical. When upgrading to the 64-bit version of

SAP R/3 there are no user interface changes anywhere in the

system.

Windows 64-bit desktop, SQL Server 64-bit and SAP solution

management consoles look exactly the same as in the 32-bitversion. This enables administrators to seamlessly switch to a

new platform quickly and easily.

The SQL Server Enterprise Manager Console 64-bit offers all

the functionality available in SQL Server 2000, meaning that the

integration of a Standby Database on 32-bit SQL Server will not

cause any procedural or functional changes. Standby Database

Functions are an integral part of all Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Enterprise Edition 64-bit and are compatible from todays ver-

sions down to SQL Server 6.5.

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Software Architecture

Software overview

The R/3 architecture is based on a software-ori-

ented multi-tier client/server principle. This archi-

tecture supports both centralized configurations

and highly distributed systems with numerous

dedicated servers. The application system pro-

vides presentation services, application services

and database services. These services are sup-

plemented by several special services, for exam-

ple, communication and printing. The main appli-

cation services could be tailored in different ways,

but we consider two approaches: central R/3

configuration and client/server R/3 configuration.

The terms are classified as:

Central System Database and Application

Services running on one single computerClient/Server System Database services are

running on a dedicated computer. Middle-tier

application services run on one or several servers.

The end-user presentation is always on separated

front-end computers, such as a PC or workstation.

The large scale and scope of high transaction throughput of

many LOB (Line Of Business) applications such as SAP R/3,

underlies the applications ability to benefit from the large mem-

ory support and transaction processing performance of archi-

tecture such as Itanium. Itaniums instruction pipelining and

large register set also allow for more efficient processing of

structured integer data.

Shared Memory Requirement

With 64-bit technology, more real memory can be used while

low-level memory operations are accelerated, resulting in

improved performance. Also, the speed of memory mapped

disk accesses, caching, and swapping increases with 64-bit

technology. With the availability of larger memory, a bigger per-

centage of the database can be cached in main memory, pro-

viding greater performance over a 32-bit server running SAP

R/3 applications.

System Architecture

SAP systems need to be prepared for greater capacity and

future growth.

The scenario outlined here, and similar to the VTG Customer

Scenario, shows how to immediately add capacity to an exist-

ing environment, improve performance and prepare for almost

unlimited future expansion.

Designing for the Future:

The HP Intel Solution Center or any system integrator can

perform system tests and benchmarks to clearly understand

performance expectations and capacity sizing needs. Systems

are identified that will reduce maintenance, improve perform-

ance and consolidate existing servers.

The high density and high capacity of the HP rx2600 and

rx5670 servers allow for the consolidation of SAP application

servers, reducing the total number of servers. Many SAP solu-

tion-based landscapes can be significant in the proliferation of

servers. The reduction of physical servers will reduce system

management overhead and allow for better management of

assets. It will also decrease the floor space required to support

the SAP solution environment providing savings in facilities

management. This will reduce the total cost of ownership by

reducing overhead costs.

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Nearly Unlimited Growth in the Future

Once the HP Servers that are running in parallel prove their

reliability within the architecture, the older systems can be

removed. The overall systems will run faster now that it is

completely a 64-bit architecture from hardware throughout the

software. When needed new HP Servers based on the Itanium

processor family can be added.

Conclusion and How to Engage:

mySAP.com is an industry standard that helps companies per-

form at their greatest potential by integrating all of their busi-

ness data within one environment. System Implementers and

Integrators (SI) anywhere in the world can provide all the nec-

essary system integration services and experience needed for

the fast and smooth implementation of SAP R/3 on HP Itanium-

based servers, just as ECS AG did for VTG-Lehnkering in

Germany.

The HP Intel Solution Center is chartered to help customers and

system integrators complete Proof Of Concept (POC) testing

and sizing to prove this is the best solution available for busi-

ness. Migrating to the 64-bit version of SAP R/3 running on

64-bit Windows and SQL Server on the new HP Itanium 2

servers allows for excellent performance and growth increases.

A complete 64-bit architecture means more simultaneous

users, the loading of more applications, increased memory allo-

cation possibilities and improved management.

The HP Intel Solution Center and the HPSAP Competency

Center have the ability to design the best system possible, or

help existing installations migrate to the new generation of 64-bit hardware and software.

The HP Intel Solution Center is chartered to help customers

complete POC testing and sizing to prove this is the best solu-

tion available for you.

Learn More About this Innovative Solution

Existing Network

The customers existing network might be running out of

capacity, responding slowly or not able to add more users.

Management is limited and the ability to expand could be

restricted by physical space, power consumption, cooling

requirements, and the ability to manage the system as the envi-

ronment grows larger.

Performance Boost While Migrating in Parallel

The capacity and growth potential can be immediately realized

by adding new high performance Intel Itanium 2 processor sys-

tems into the overall architecture. Reliability will increase not

only because of the improved reliability of the HP Servers

based on Intel architecture, but also because the new systems

can act as backup to the existing systems that might be run-

ning beyond intended capacity. The new Itanium 2 processor

systems can even be configured to run as part of a cluster with

the existing systems.

www.ecs-ag.de

www.hpintelco.net & www.hpintelco.net/engage

www.hp.com

www.hp.com/go/SAP

www.sap.comwww.intel.com


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