SAP HANA on IBM POWER

1. SAP HANA on IBM Power
For SAP Business Suite, BW and S4HANA
Target Clients
SAP on Power clients: For clients who appreciate the
strengths of IBM’s Power platform for their enterprise
SAP workload typically have preference for HANA as their
production platform. Superior performance and ability to
run multiple workloads are compelling to these clients.
Pain Points
Performance: HANA is how SAP intends to deliver its
“real-time business” strategy. Speed and performance are
critical factors for this use case.
Flexibility and Economics: The ability to combine
workloads—including HANA DB and app servers—delivers
key flexibility and value with TDI Implementation, which can
be tailored to clients’ needs.
Lead the Conversation
• Do you have IBM Power systems running your SAP
workload today?
No need to change for HANA.
• Have you considered the benefits of deploying this key
workload on a true big data platform?
• Customers can start their HANA projects right away on
existing Power Systems.
• HANA on Power platform is available for POC’s
WHY HANA on Power Platform
Deloitte Solution
Solution components:
• Any POWER8 server can run HANA (unlike Intel
appliances).
• HANA on Power utilizes the TDI model of
implementation.
• Clients can use existing Storage — no need to buy new
hardware.
• Clients can consolidate servers via virtualization.
• Solution combines Deloitte HANA assessment, migration
and Implementation Services for HANA.
Client Benefits
High reliability, availability, and serviceability for a key
enterprise workload. Memory reliability built in to
Power systems automatically.
Record-setting performance due to POWER8 clock
speeds and throughput (up to 8 simultaneous threads
vs. 2 for Intel). 2 X performance over x86 systems.
Enterprise-grade virtualization for multiple mission-
critical workloads, including traditional SAP
deployments. Multiple Production instances within a
Server.

2. WHY Power8 & SAP HANA
Scalability
• BW on HANA is available up to 4.8TB on single node
and scalable to 16 nodes.
• Up to 4 Production Instances on a single server (SAP
Note 2230704)—the first and only virtualized platform
to achieve this level.
• Suite on HANA is scalable up to 9TB. Higher
configuration is in the roadmap.
• No restriction on the number of HANA nodes in
non-prod environment.
Ideal for mission critical 24x7 Enterprise Business
operations
• Power platform delivers comprehensive memory
protection by default, not as an option.
• Capacity on Demand for on-premise elastic cloud
consumption.
• High Client interest and rapid adoption of HANA on
Power since market introduction in 2015
The Deloitte and IBM Alliance
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15 years, the Deloitte and IBM alliance combines the
strengths of both organizations to help global enterprises
address their toughest business issues. This ‘smarter
teaming’ approach often results in better service and higher
value for our joint clients.
Our alliance offerings unite the depth and breadth of IBM’s
technology portfolio with Deloitte’s practical, innovative
solutions. By working together, Deloitte and IBM offer
customized capabilities focused on the business issues
important to our clients. Our investments and scale are
aligned around those issues to deliver broad value-based
solutions.
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