Synopsis
Presents all the essential information you need to select the most suitable platform for the individual requirements of your system. Provides a comprehensive guide to the whole process, looking at the pros and cons of UNIX, Windows NT and OS/400, and how to evaluate their appropriateness for your requirements.
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IT environment are frequently faced with the substantial decision of choosing the right platform or operating system on which to run a SAP R/3 application. They have to evaluate the suitability of a particular platform in relation to the demands of their specific circumstances and consider aspects such as acquisition and operation costs.
If you have the responsibility for this choice, this invaluable book will give you all the essential information you need to select the most suitable platform. It provides a comprehensive guide to the process, looking at the pros and cons of UNIX, Windows NT and OS/400.
The book then focuses on Windows NT, as the platform that is increasingly becoming the most popular option, and answers in detail the many questions that arise before the decision is made and continue as the system is put into practice. The authors provide an introduction to NT functionality and a wealth of advice on R/3 administration and management, also supplying useful background information on data centre management concepts and solutions for security, high availability and clustering.
This book is an accessible compendium, and the first point of call in an SAP R/3 platform decision, that draws on the extensive experience gained by the authors at the Official SAP Windows NT Competence Centre.
• Numerous tips and tricks for installation, configuration and administration • Successful concepts for datacentre management tried and tested by customers • Pros and cons of UNIX, Windows NT and OS/400 • In-depth introduction to NT functionality on SAP R/3 systems •
Practical guidance based on hands-on experience at SAP Windows NT Competence Centre
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From the Inside Flap
The history of R/3 under Windows NT has been a triumph. Since its availability as a new platform for R/3 in 1994, Microsoft Windows NT has become the largest single platform. Today, Windows NT can post nearly half of all new shipments of R/3 to its account. This has also led to enormous changes in the hardware manufacturing scene. New R/3 hardware partners, such as Compaq, have suddenly appeared, while others have lost their importance. This development was not guaranteed. In the beginning, many long-term R/2 customers looked at it with suspicion, having just got acquainted with the idea of giving up well-proven mainframe solutions in favor of seemingly much less secure R/3 UNIX platforms. When in Summer 1993 SAP began to port R/3 to Microsoft Windows NT, it came as a cultural shock for many of them. At that time, Microsoft still had a kind of ‘jeans and sneakers’ image. I very well remember an IT manager who traveled across half of Germany to convince himself of the functionality on site. Unfortunately — and how could it have been otherwise? — the only active system was not available for a demo because of a transport order. What were the advantages that made many SAP customers rethink? In the end, all the advantages boil down to aspects of cost — the Total Cost of Ownership. The opportunity to work in a homogeneous system environment was and still is one of the main arguments in favor of R/3 under Windows NT. I have always called this the ‘1 for 3’ formula. Windows NT can be employed for all three levels of a client/server infrastructure. This applies to the PCs (also known as the front-end or presentation) as well as to the R/3 application and database levels. A factor of at least equal importance was the cost of acquisition. In some cases, there were dramatic differences of up to two thirds between the ‘traditional’ platforms and the more recent R/3 NT platforms. These advantages for our SAP customers have always been the determining factor for my commitment. Never have I led, nor will I ever lead, crusades for ‘esoteric operating system philosophies.’ The actual customer advantage due to lower acquisition and operation costs, together with the simplified administration of the system environment, have always been important enough for me to commit myself personally and vigorously in favor of this development. The success of R/3 under Windows NT rests on many shoulders. Above all, I think of the first pilot customers who shared our vision of a simpler, more cost-effective R/3 world. It was their confidence which allowed us to start in the first place. On the other hand, many partners have paved the way to success with much conviction, motivation, and personal commitment. Also, iXOS has made a decisive contribution to this success with its contribution to quality assurance and assistance and service for the first customers. Ingo Nicolay Director SAP—Compaq Competence Center 0201398370P04062001
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