A Winning combination!

IBM, SUSE and SAP

May 18, 2016

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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

2001IBM and SAP formStrategic Alliance

1972IBM becomes Logo and Development Partner of SAP

1999IBM DB2 becomes available for SAP

2010IBM Announcement of POWER7 and EX5 Server Architecture for SAP

2015SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems announced and generally available

2005Dynamic Infrastructure for SAP Adaptive Computing

2014IBM becomes SAP‘s Premier Cloud Partner

2011IBM GBS rated by SAP as Leader in Customer Satisfaction

2012Introduction of IBM pureSystems for SAP

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“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

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Analytics… more to come…

SAP BW, SAP ERP, CRM, SCMBusiness Suite, S/4HANA

Today and Moving Forward

SAP view: All Roads Lead to HANA

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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

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In Memory Computing: Re-think Paradigms

In-Memory Computing Imperative: Avoid movement of detailed data Calculate first, then move results

ApplicationLayer

DatabaseLayer

Calculation

Calculation

Today Future

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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

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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

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What makes IBM Power Systems the best platform for clients’ mission critical SAP HANA deployments?

SAP HANA®

OSSUSE Linux Enterprise ServerPriority Support for SAP applications

File System Monitoring

Backup

Sys MgmtGPFS2, XFS

Server Hardware

POWER7+(non-prod) or POWER8

Standalone or shared/PVM virtualized

Applications

Storage Hardware

Customer choice

High AvailabilitySAP 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

VIO

S V

IOS

ECC HA QA

HANA

HANA

App

DB/App

DB/App

DB/App

App

HANA

HANA

App

HANA

HANA

App

HANABW HA QA

BW App

VIO

S V

IOS

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..

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Delivering freedom of choice to the SAP HANA Landscape

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Tailored for SAP HANAIncluded 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.

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MemoryBuffer

DRAMChips

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

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RAS Feature POWER8 x86Application/Partition RAS

Live Partition Mobility Yes Yes

Live Application Mobility Yes Yes, support issues

Partition Availability priority Yes No

System RASOS independent First Failure Data Capture Yes EX – MCA Recovery

Memory Keys (including OS exploitation) Yes No

Processor RASProcessor Instruction Retry Yes No

Alternate Processor Recovery Yes No

Dynamic Processor Deallocation Yes No

Dynamic Processor Sparing Yes No

Memory RASChipkill™ Yes Yes, some vendors

Survives Double Memory Failures Yes Yes, optional

Selective Memory Mirroring Yes No

Redundant Memory Yes Yes

I/O RASExtended 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.htmlhttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm/systems/power/virtualization.html12

POWER Systems RAS vs x86

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

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“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

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 v3POWER8

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 Bandwidth50-66.6 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

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POWER8 Portfolio for Productive SAP HANA Use

Linux only Systems

Scale-Out

S812L

S822L

S824L

Enterprise

SAP HANA on Power Solution Editions

S822

S824S814

IBM fast-start option

Industry best-practice

Quick configurations

Aggressively priced

Rapid deployment of SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems

E870

E880

E850

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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

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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.

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