Timely access to relevant information has always been critical to business success. Thousands and thousands of companies and institutions use SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) as the cornerstone for business intelligence in their SAP application landscapes. However, query performance has often been a challenge...

1. IBM Sales and Distribution
IBM Systems solution for SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse
Accelerator
Proven scalability from small to multi-terabyte workloads – now powered
with IBM BladeCenter HS23 and IBM System x3850 X5 servers

2. 2 IBM and SAP Global Alliance
Today’s challenge – a need for near real-
time analytics
Timely access to relevant information has always been critical
to business success. Thousands and thousands of companies
and institutions use SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
(SAP NetWeaver BW) as the cornerstone for business
intelligence in their SAP application landscapes. However,
query performance has often been a challenge. The traditional
approach was to build and maintain aggregates and to tune the
queries. In many situations the use of SAP NetWeaver BW is
limited to a relatively low number of power users as well as
predefined reports. Today, more than ever, companies need
instant insights to run their business and spread the use of SAP
NetWeaver BW to many more users. They need a solution
that delivers insight at orbit speed along with universal
scalability. Near real-time analytics have become a “must
have” and IBM and SAP have the ideal solution at hand.
The solution: IBM Systems solution for SAP Figure 1: Gain insight at the speed of business
NetWeaver BW Accelerator
IBM and SAP offer an integrated solution that enables
customers to deploy SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse delivered with unmatched scalability, offering increased
Accelerator (SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator) in an easy, speed, flexibility and business insights.
cost-effective way as a snap-in solution to an existing SAP • Turbo-charged insights and decision support that empowers
NetWeaver BW landscape. Shipped with Intel Xeon SAP NetWeaver BW users.
processor-based servers, the IBM Systems solution for SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator offers users near IBM BladeCenter® and System x® servers with eX5
real-time analytics when using SAP NetWeaver BW. technology are the perfect fit for the infrastructure
requirements of SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator:
The IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver BW • Offers fundamental design advantages that have made IBM a
Accelerator crunches through terabytes of SAP NetWeaver leader in blade and rack server technology.
BW data in a matter of seconds, without the need for • Ensures business continuity with built-in redundancy
dedicated database administrators building and maintaining • Offers unrivalled performance at low cost of operation with
pre-defined aggregates or spending valuable time on query the broadest and deepest choice of available SAP NetWeaver
performance-tuning. IBM’s automated High Availability BW Accelerator configurations with proven scalability.
solution for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator allows • Provides leading green IT benefits.
customers to implement SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator as a
mission-critical system, at minimal effort using standard IBM System Storage® products complement the solution
functionality. with:
• Fast and reliable access to large volumes of data, unleashing
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator significantly extends the your compressed data and information assets.
traditional SAP NetWeaver BW offering by delivering: • Dedicated fibre channel attachment, ensuring fast index
• Query processing up to 200 times faster than traditional updating and reducing general network I/O traffic for greater
approaches. performance.
• Smart data compression combined with in-memory • Robust systems with very high data integrity and fail-over
processing and search engine-based parallel processing capabilities for continuous operations.

3. IBM Sales and Distribution 3
Deep teaming by IBM and SAP –
collaboration for your success IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver Business
IBM and SAP teams have worked extensively on the Warehouse Accelerator highlights
development and go-to-market aspects of this great solution. • IBM BladeCenter H Chassis with IBM BladeCenter HS23
Over the last few years, the majority of customers have and IBM System Storage DS3500 disk array (M, L and XL
selected and deployed IBM as their solution provider for SAP categories)
NetWeaver BW Accelerator. Customers recognize IBM’s • IBM System x3850 X5 (S category)
innovative solution and deep teaming with SAP as the best and • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system
most scalable solution in the industry. IBM and SAP • Industry standard Ethernet Switches
continuously extend the solution to address new options for • Industry standard Fibre Channel Switches
customers, where IBM is often the trailblazer. Examples • Energy and floor space efficient.
include the use of the industry-proven, highly scalable IBM
IBM BladeCenter HS23 Blade Servers
General Parallel File System (GPFS™), the validated option of
• Eight-core Intel Xeon E5 processor
48 GB memory on blades with quad-core processors and now • Broadest and deepest choice of configurations offered by
up to 96 GB on blades with 8 core processors. In addition, IBM, ranging from just two to 140 blades
IBM led the integration of high-availability and disaster • Industry standard 8 Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
recovery using features in IBM GPFS. Customers like Arcelor, • 32, 64, or 96 GB RAM per blade (M, L and XL)
Bayer, Bundeswehr, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank, • Efficient operating system load (boot) from SAN.
Endress+Hauser, Kyocera Mita, Lionsgate, Rabobank,
T-Mobile, Volkswagen Financial Services and Wacker, have IBM System Storage Mid-range systems:
reported substantial business benefits they have achieved as a IBM System Storage DS3500 family
• I/O through Fibre Channel (separate I/O from network)
result of deploying the solution from IBM and SAP. In June
• 2U 6 Gb SAS enclosure
2009, SAP was offered the IBM Beacon Award for the most
• Single or dual controller with up to 4 GB cache
outstanding Enterprise Application Solution by an ISV. • 8 Gb fibre channel host interface ports
• Excellent scalability available for the smallest up to the
Solution – key benefits largest offered SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator
• Dramatic enhancements in query response times, configurations
empowering information workers to become more effective • RAID setup for performance and high availability.
and productive.
• SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator enables organizations to IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS)
• The scalable file management system for SAP NetWeaver
run endless variations of ad-hoc queries and resolve
BW Accelerator which delivers superior SAP NetWeaver
performance constraints for database-intensive queries.
BW Accelerator index performance, user and data
• Significant reduction in administrative effort (no need to
scalability – unique to IBM
build and maintain SAP aggregates anymore). • Performance optimized shared file system for Linux
• Scalable architecture that can grow with increasing Clusters
requirements means investment protection and flexibility to • Out-of-the-box high availability functionality to minimize
react to changing business needs. downtime of the overall SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP
• Pre-tested, optimized and validated solution to ensure NetWeaver BW Accelerator solution.
seamless integration, easy and quick implementation.
IBM System x3850 X5 Enterprise Class servers
• Four 10-Core Intel Xeon E7 processors
• 64 or 128 GB memory for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator
• Eight 600 GB hard disk drives
• Fifth generation Enterprise X-Architecture class reliability.

4. 4 IBM and SAP Global Alliance
Taking SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator
scalability to the next level: Project
“Jupiter” 1.2 TB / h
By leveraging the pre-defined standard configurations from 101,000 reports / h
25 TB
IBM, customers quickly realize the benefits from their initial 4.2 sec
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator installations. Since many 37 M records
large SAP NetWeaver customers show a tremendous growth in
the number of SAP NetWeaver BW users and business data 1.1 TB / h
volumes in the tens to hundreds of terabytes, the capability of a Total DB Size 101,000 reports / h
15 TB
solution to scale economically becomes a critical proof point. 4.2 sec
In response to this challenge, IBM and SAP ran a Proof of 22 M records
Concept codenamed “Jupiter” at the IBM Poughkeepsie
industry solutions stress test center in Q4 2007 to address this 0.6 TB / h
issue. The project Jupiter results, independently audited and 100,000 reports / h
5 TB
validated by WinterCorp, delivered the proof points for the 4.5 sec
6 M records
solutions ability to smoothly scale from smaller installations to Validation by WinterCorp
high-end configurations for more than 25 TB of SAP
27 blades 81 blades 135 blades
NetWeaver BW InfoCube data, while achieving remarkably
BW Accelerator Resources
consistent fast response times and excellent throughput figures
KPI Legend:
(see graphic on the right). The lessons learned from this 1. BW Accelerator Index creation throughput
unique scalability test have been applied to our most current 2. Multiuser reporting throughput
3. avg. report response time
configurations. IBM and SAP deliver the necessary scalability 4. avg. # records touched per report
for customers that need it. IBM is the only SAP partner for
SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator that can offer flexibility,
scalability and stability with one world-class file-system across
all configurations.
Scaling and accelerating your SAP SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator service
NetWeaver Business Warehouse offerings
deployment IBM offers specific SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator services
You can take immediate advantage of the IBM Systems to perform rapid implementation, maintenance, and managed
solution for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator. A first step is to services to keep the SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator solution
determine a launch configuration for your respective SAP up-to-date with the latest software and firmware levels. Should
NetWeaver BW landscape. IBM offers four categories (S, M, L you require the solution to be integrated into specific IT
and XL), with predefined server and storage configurations, processes like high availability, IBM specialists and qualified
validated by IBM and SAP. Sizing tools from IBM and SAP IBM Business Partners are at your service. Functional training
(e.g. SAP Notes and SAP Quicksizer) make the selection of the and consulting services on the SAP NetWeaver BW / BW
right SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator configuration(s) fast Accelerator applications are available from IBM Global
and easy. If needed, solution experts from IBM, our qualified Business Services, SAP and qualified global and regional
Business Partners and SAP are available to support you in this Consultants and Systems Integrators.
process. The second step is to order the configurations direct
with IBM or via your preferred IBM Business Partner and plan
the installation and deployment of the solution.

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“Some reports that formerly took
more than an hour now take less
than a minute using the IBM
Systems solution for SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse
Accelerator.”
— Jeremy Fuchs, Director of SAP Finance and Business
Intelligence Systems, Lionsgate

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