Components at a Glance

FlexFrame for my SAP Business Suite can be built from a combination of server and storage components. Each combination has been tested to guarantee the highest availability.

Application servers

The innovative technology of Fujitsu PRIMERGY blade servers makes them ideal as mySAP application servers in the FlexFrame environment.

PRIMERGY blade servers come with either one, two or four processors, main memory, hard disks and LAN-interfaces on a plug-in card - the so-called blade. There is capacity for up to 10 server blades in one chassis which only requires seven units of rack space. This extreme density makes it possible to house up to 60 four-processor servers in a single 19in rack.

Blade servers can handle different application requirements without any physical conversion and can easily be maintained through remote management. They greatly simplify cabling (there is no need for multiple keyboard and screen connections) and have the advantage of lower power consumption.

Standard PRIMERGY rack-mount servers may also be used as a blade alternative. PRIMERGY rack-mount servers are available in configurations with up to eight processors.

Database servers

The high-end four- and eight-way PRIMERGY servers featuring Intel Xeon MP technology form the typical database servers in a FlexFrame solution. Where very large databases with the highest levels of performance and availability are demanded, the Sparc/Solaris-based PRIMEPOWER server is the optimal choice. PRIMEPOWER provides hardware partitioning which allows simultaneous support of multiple test and database servers.

Storage

FlexFrame uses Network Appliance Filers as the centralised storage solution. These scalable and highly available products are easy to install and easy to administer. They incorporate technology for fast and efficient online replication, backup, recovery and point-in-time copies. These features and their extremely fast response times, regardless of how many files are utilised, means they can meet the storage requirements of almost any mySAP environment.