IBM Power & SUSE at SAPPHIRE 2016
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This document outlines the long history of collaboration between SUSE, SAP, and IBM to deliver customer solutions. It notes several milestones in their partnerships dating back to 1999 and highlights how IBM Power Systems provides a reliable, high-performance platform for running mission-critical SAP applications like SAP HANA. Customers testify that the IBM and SAP solutions have improved their performance while reducing costs. The document also promotes an upcoming webinar about using SUSE Linux Enterprise and IBM Power Systems for SAP HANA.
IBM Power & SUSE at SAPPHIRE 2016
- 1. A Winning combination! IBM, SUSE and SAP May 18, 2016
- 2. 2 SUSE, SAP and IBM working together to deliver customer solutions - Milestones Time 1999 First Linux certified by SAP 2000 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server R1 IBM S/390 2001 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 on p-, i- and zSeries, 31- & 64-Bit 2002 mySAP on SLES 7 for IBM zSeries 64-Bit 2015 SAP HANA on SLES for SAP on IBM Power Systems 2005 SAP Business Suite on SLES 9 on IBM pSeries 2011 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 2010 SUSE Linux is Only OS recommended for SAP HANA 2001 IBM and SAP form Strategic Alliance 1972 IBM becomes Logo and Development Partner of SAP 1999 IBM DB2 becomes available for SAP 2010 IBM Announcement of POWER7 and EX5 Server Architecture for SAP 2015 SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems announced and generally available 2005 Dynamic Infrastructure for SAP Adaptive Computing 2014 IBM becomes SAP‘s Premier Cloud Partner 2011 IBM GBS rated by SAP as Leader in Customer Satisfaction 2012 Introduction of IBM pureSystems for SAP 2
- 3. “By deploying SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems, we have access to up-to-the- second customer insights and sales figures, and can effectively plan campaigns and adapt product offerings based on changing customer tastes.” Which version of MS Office do you use ? “With the amount of data companies like ours are producing daily, it is critical that we have an IT infrastructure that enables us to run our analytics workloads efficiently. The stability and flexibility of IBM Power Systems and storage does just that by providing a reliable system for running SAP HANA and our SAP applications.” CSN “We are really focussed on performance and reliability. Our IBM and SAP solutions have improved our performance while reducing the size and cost of our environment.” Kennametal “SAP has made a significant investment in the development of IBM Power Systems which gives us skin in the game because we believe in the technology. “IBM Power Systems and SAP HANA together create tremendous differentiation for our customer base to help them run their business in real time.” SAP Additional ReferencesSAP HANA on Power Key Testimonials 3
- 4. Analytics … more to come… SAP BW, SAP ERP, CRM, SCM Business Suite, S/4HANA Today and Moving Forward SAP view: All Roads Lead to HANA 4
- 5. From: • One DB per application • Point-to-point integration • Long running queries, e.g. in batch mode To: • One DB per landscape • No integration necessary • Real time execution SAP strategy for HANA 5
- 6. In Memory Computing: Re-think Paradigms In-Memory Computing Imperative: Avoid movement of detailed data Calculate first, then move results Application Layer Database Layer Calculation Calculation Today Future 6
- 7. SAP HANA on Power Architecture 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Not a separate fork of the HANA code HANA Powerx86 OLAP EngineJoin EngineCalculation Engine HW Engine 7
- 8. Flexibility • Superior virtualization and management features to afford flexibility and maximum utilization Resiliency • Unsurpassed RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) characteristics to support mission critical SAP applications Performance • Highest throughput per core to deliver faster business results – up to 2x Intel-based alternatives 8 What makes IBM Power Systems the best platform for clients’ mission critical SAP HANA deployments?
- 9. SAP HANA® OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server PrioritySupport for SAP applications File System Monitoring Backup Sys Mgmt GPFS2, XFS Server Hardware POWER7+(non-prod) or POWER8 Standalone or shared/PVM virtualized Applications Storage Hardware Customer choice High Availability SAP HANA Host Auto-failover & System Replication, SUSE HA Ext, RH HA Plugin1, Symantec HA1, Tivoli SA ECC BW HA PowerVM ECC App Hypothetical Power Landscape CRM ECC HA BW PowerVM Data ECC, BW, SM App Sbx ECC QA BW QA CRM QA ECC App VIOSVIOS ECC HA QA HANA HANA App DB/App DB/App DB/App App HANA HANA App HANA HANA App HANA BW HA QA BW App VIOSVIOS 1) Not currently supported with Linux on Power. Contact RedHat for product plans. 2) GPFS is currently supported for Linux on Power by IBM. Contact SAP for plans for certification with HANA on Power.. 9 Delivering freedom of choice to the SAP HANA Landscape
- 10. 10 Tailored for SAP HANA Included Features (in green) and Services (in blue) Current feature set of SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP4 for IBM Power. Changes possible in the future. © 2016 SUSE LLC. All rights reserved. 10
- 11. Memory Buffer DRAM Chips DDR Interfaces POWER8 Link Scheduler & Management 16MB Memory Cache “On-the-fly” lane isolation/repair POWER8 Memory 10 chips per rank for extra redundancy beyond chipkill 11
- 12. RAS Feature POWER8 x86 Application/Partition RAS Live Partition Mobility Yes Yes Live Application Mobility Yes Yes, support issues Partition Availability priority Yes No System RAS OS independent First Failure Data Capture Yes EX – MCA Recovery Memory Keys (including OS exploitation) Yes No Processor RAS Processor Instruction Retry Yes No Alternate Processor Recovery Yes No Dynamic Processor Deallocation Yes No Dynamic Processor Sparing Yes No Memory RAS Chipkill™ Yes Yes, some vendors Survives Double Memory Failures Yes Yes, optional Selective Memory Mirroring Yes No Redundant Memory Yes Yes I/O RAS Extended Error Handling Yes No I/O Adapter Isolation (PI-Bus and TCEs) Yes No See the following URLs for addition details: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/availability.html http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/virtualization.html 12 POWER Systems RAS vs x86
- 13. New World record set by IBM Power E870 on SAP BW Enhanced Mixed Load Standard Application Benchmark with 2 Billion records http://www.sap.com/benchmark 13 “IBM set a world record in the industry leading SAP BW-EML Standard Application Benchmark at 2 billion records ... twice the performance per core over previous benchmarks.” >> Kyle Garman SVP & Managing Director, Global Strategic Partners SAP
- 14. POWER8 processor is Purpose Built – resulting in premium performance over Intel Xeon Haswell EP E5-26xx v3 Ivy Bridge EX E7-88xx v2 Haswell EX E7-88xx v3 POWER8 Clock rates 1.7-3.7GHz 1.9-3.4 GHz 2.0-3.0 GHz 3.0-4.15 GHz SMT options 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2, 4, 8 Cores per socket 18 15 18 12 Max Threads / socket 36 30 36 96 L1 Cache/core 32KB I + 32KB D3 32KB I + 32KB D3 32KB I + 32KB D3 32KB I + 64KB D L2 Cache/core 256 KB 256 KB 256 KB 512 KB L3 Cache/socket 45 MB 37.5 MB 45 MB 96 MB Max L4 Cache/socket 0 0 0 128 MB Performance Mode Memory Bandwidth 50-66.6 GB/s1 66.2-83.3 GB/s1 100 GB/s1 N/A RAS Mode Memory Bandwidth N/A 41.65-50GB/s1 41.652-58.3GB/s1 190-230 GB/sec 1) Depending on DIMM Rank and # of DIMMS/Channel 2) Lenovo supports a minimum of 50GB in RAS mode with Haswell-EX 3) L1 data cache with parity protection – 32KB, ECC – 16KB 14
- 15. POWER8 Portfolio for Productive SAP HANA Use Linux only Systems Scale-Out S812L S822L S824L Enterprise SAP HANA on Power Solution Editions S822 S824 S814 IBM fast-start option Industry best-practice Quick configurations Aggressively priced Rapid deployment of SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems E870 E880 E850 15
- 16. SAP HANA on IBM Power Summary • Analytics enable decision making, Suite on HANA runs the business • S/4HANA on IBM Power Systems available since May 11, 2016 • Power Systems delivers the non-stop operations required of these mission critical systems • Flexibility • Power Virtualization built in, not a poorly supported afterthought • Performance - HANA demands extreme memory and thread throughput • IBM Power Systems delivers 4x threads, over 3x memory throughput compared to x86 16
- 17. IBM Systems Magazine webinar with content by SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise and IBM Power Systems for SAP HANA Wednesday, May 25 | 1 ET / Noon CT / 10 PT Mission-critical business analytics require a system that handles large data volumes and delivers results quickly and reliably. That's why you choose IBM Power Systems Solutions Edition for SAP HANA, and why you need SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications. In this webinar, speakers from SAP, IBM and SUSE give you information you need to plan your SAP HANA strategy. They will also deliver the latest news announced at the SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG Annual Conference in Orlando. 17 Outlook
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