Sizing For Optimum Performance; Landscape Design - IBM Power7 Optimization And Tuning Manual

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Although the PAM document is the official source for any SAP-related platform support, the

SAP Community Network topic, Supported Platforms/PARS for SAP Business Objects

(http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/articles?rid=/webcontent/uuid/e01d4e05-6ea5-2c10-1

bb6-a8904ca76411) provides a good overview of SAP BusinessObjects releases and

supported platforms.

Sizing for optimum performance

Adequate system sizing is essential for successfully running an SBOP BI solution. Therefore,

SAP includes SBOP BI in its Quick Sizer tool. Based on the number of users who are

planning to use the SBOP BI applications, the Quick Sizer tool provides an SAP Application

Performance Standard (SAPS) number and the memory necessary to run the applications.

IBM can then provide the correct system configuration that is based on these numbers. The

Quick Sizer tool is available at

Also, the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4 - Companion Guide is available on the SAP Quick Sizer

landing page at

guide, open the web page and click Sizing Guidelines  Solutions & Platforms  SAP

BusiessObjects. This guide explains the sizing process in detail using a

sizing example.

For general considerations about how to design an SBOP BI landscape, see the Master

Guide (registration required), available at:

http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001237052010E/xi4_master_en.pdf

There are six different reference architecture landscapes available that demonstrate how to

implement an SBOP BI solution that is based on the type of enterprise resource planning

(ERP) and data warehouse solution you are using.

The architecture documents are in the Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects BI

Solutions topic on the SAP Community Network (http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-27193) in the

Implementation and Upgrade section.

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