WHY VIRTUALIZE SAP ON x86?

One Platform.No Second Thoughts.

One Platform.No Second Thoughts.

Executive Overview2

Old Assumptions in a New Light Why run SAP on dedicated UNIX or x86 servers?

• Predictable performance

• More control for isolation and security

• Ability to right size the environment

What’s the downside?

High costs and low flexibility:

• Low CPU utilization

• Server sprawl: Must add a physical server if

adding an app

• Extra time and cost in deploying or moving

applications

Why virtualize SAP on x86?

• Faster deployment

• Easier load balancing

• Reduced server footprint

• Lower total cost of ownership

But why have 70% of organizations not yet

virtualized SAP?

Reported concerns about:*

• Performance (40%)

• ROI (40%)

• Security (27%)

• Lack of resources for the migration (27%)

The result is multiple platforms:

• Expensive, non-virtualized platform for SAP

and other mission-critical applications

• Cost-efficient, flexible virtualized x86 platform

for non-mission critical applications

The bottom line is added cost and complexity

and reduced agility. This is no longer efficient,

competitive or sustainable.

* Aberdeen Group, 2012

Need: Turn Two Platforms into One

Executive Overview3

The Way Forward: Simpler is SaferNow there’s a way to virtualize SAP, and get

mission-critical security and predictable performance

together with the flexibility and cost-efficiency of

virtualized, x86 processors.

It’s from Unisys, a company whose mission-critical

systems handle

• 30% of the world’s cargo

• 5,500 reservations per second

• 150 million voice mailboxes

Forward! by Unisys™ Brings Key Elements of this Mission-Critical Heritage to the x86 Platform Predictable performance through s-Par® technology.

This Unisys technology divides an x86 processor

into secure partitions. Each one is a containerized

server, with dedicated memory and I/O, eliminating

contention and latency.

UNIX-level security. That same s-Par technology

enables key applications to be securely isolated.

As tracked by the National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Unisys systems have had close

to zero vulnerabilities over the past decade,

compared to competitors, who have had thousands.

Hack-resistance through cloaking. Additional

security comes from Unisys Stealth™ technology,

which makes communication endpoints “dark”

on a network. Stealth makes users and assets

virtually invisible. After all, you can’t hack what

you can’t see.

APP1 APP2

MEMORY

COMPUTE

STORAGE

APP3

• Virtualized applications• Competition for resources• Unpredictable performance

Typical x86 Host

APP1

MEM

CPU

STG

APP2

MEM

CPU

STG

APP3

MEM

CPU

STG

• Partitioned applications• Dedicated resources• Predictable performance

Forward! x86 Host

Compare Mission-Critical Platforms

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Unisys, the Unisys logo, Unisys Stealth, s-Par, Forward! and the Forward! by Unisys logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Estimates based on Unisys engineering models. Actual benefits may vary depending on specific client implementations.

Bottom line, organizations can now benefit from

mission-critical security and performance while they

take advantage of the flexibility and cost-efficiency

of the x86 platform. It’s time to move forward.

Visit www.unisys.com/forward

Fabric-Based = 4-5x Faster SAP SpeedForward! is fabric-based infrastructure, a modular

configuration of compute resources (in this case

Windows or Linux-based servers) aggregated

through a high-speed interconnect. Within each

node, partitions communicate at memory speed.

The backplane consists of software, hardware

and firmware that together deliver speeds 4-to-5

times faster than a standard 10-Gigabit network,

boosting SAP performance.

The Forward! fabric can extend across multiple

platforms connected locally or over a wide-area

network. Workloads can be distributed, moved

or replicated easily across the fabric. Nodes and

applications can be added or upgraded easily

without the need to rip and replace, enabling

organizations to respond quickly as business

requirements or technology changes.

New SAP Flexibility

-75% -25%

+400%

REDUCE

Licensing Maintenance

Cost of deploying SAP

Application Performance vs. Standard 10Gb

INCREASE

Forward! Boosts Speed and Cuts Costs

“Wecouldn’thavebeenmoreimpressedwiththeimprovementsinperformanceandpredictabilitythatForward!deliveredforourSAPapplications.WebelievethatForward!coulddeliversignificantvalueasaplatformforfuturemission-criticalworkloadsaswetransitiontotheSAPHANAplatformandotherbig-dataapplications.”

Bill Kempert, Director of IT Infrastructure, JMC Steel Group [See full press release]

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