http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Converged-Infrastructure/Increased-ROI-with-always-on-virtualized-SAP-systems/ba-p/117143 <p><strong>By Jodie Jordanger, HP CloudSystem Solutions for SAP Landscapes</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It’s no secret that companies are looking for <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization" target=_blank>virtualized</a> solutions to enable server consolidation, reduce TCO of their IT assets and allow business-critical systems to react faster to market opportunities and changing business needs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="Default">Working closely with <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/sap" target=_blank>SAP</a> and <a href="http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/vmware/index.html" target=_blank>VMware</a>, and building on key elements of our Converged Infrastructure, HP has developed and validated a disaster-tolerant SAP solution which can help you achieve a significantly higher return on your investment by enhancing storage utilization and reducing planned SAP application maintenance downtime.</p> <p class="Default">&nbsp;</p> <p class="Default">The solution, suitable for large installations, allows customers to deploy advanced VMware vSphere functionality - High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) - to take full advantage of the disaster-tolerance delivered by HP LeftHand storage.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/lefthand" target=_blank>HP LeftHand</a> storage family perfectly complements the VMware suite virtualization features, integrating out-of-the-box readiness, simplicity and robustness without introducing complex storage configuration methodologies</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="Default">The combination of HP LeftHand storage and HP ProLiant servers allows a disaster-tolerant SAP system to scale from entry-level LeftHand Virtual SAN Appliance Software (VSA) to a LeftHand P4300 G2 SAS Starter SAN to an enterprise-class P4500 G2 SAN, and to scale from a single HP ProLiant DL server to a multi-blade HP BladeSystem configuration, until the resource limits of FT-protected virtual machines (VMs) are reached.</p> <p class="Default">&nbsp;</p> <p>The following HP technical whitepaper <a href="http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-2078ENW.pdf" target=_blank>Always-on virtualized SAP systems with HP LeftHand storage for VMware vSphere 5</a> describes the solution in more detail and is targeted for IT organizations that administer SAP applications.&nbsp; Check it out and learn more about virtualization and protection of SAP systems using vSphere 5 software in conjunction with an HP hardware platform.</p> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:34:50 GMT phil.mclean 2012-07-03T17:34:50Z http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Converged-Infrastructure/Increased-ROI-with-always-on-virtualized-SAP-systems/ba-p/117143 <p><strong>By Jodie Jordanger, HP CloudSystem Solutions for SAP Landscapes</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It&rsquo;s no secret that companies are looking for <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization">virtualized</a> solutions to enable server consolidation, reduce TCO of their IT assets and allow business-critical systems to react faster to market opportunities and changing business needs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="Default">Working closely with <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/sap">SAP</a> and <a href="http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/vmware/index.html">VMware</a>, and building on key elements of our Converged Infrastructure, HP has developed and validated a disaster-tolerant SAP solution which can help you achieve a significantly higher return on your investment by enhancing storage utilization and reducing planned SAP application maintenance downtime.</p> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:34:50 GMT http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Converged-Infrastructure/Increased-ROI-with-always-on-virtualized-SAP-systems/ba-p/117143 phil.mclean 2012-07-03T17:34:50Z