SAP Solution: Server

Implementing SAP test and training systems is laborious and time-consuming. Software engines are the solution, as they can tackle numerous challenges—including secure and fast data transfer of SAP mass data.

Converged infrastructure solutions offer the opportunity to deploy new IT systems in a short time - at a clear cost and without risk. Modern solutions such as FlexPod from Cisco and NetApp support SAP infrastructure tools such as the SAP Landscape Management Platform. This allows automated IT services to be developed and complex hybrid cloud environments to be operated efficiently.

IBM entered the Hana server market with Hana on Power (HoP) after a considerable delay, because SAP relied exclusively on x86 in-memory hardware for a long time. The first HoP reference customers exist, and more are to follow by the end of the year. An E3 exclusive interview with Jochen Ziegler, SAP infrastructure expert and Lead Solution Architect at IBM.

Around a third of all servers are in operation even though they are not needed. These zombie servers not only consume power, they also cause high workloads and significant costs.