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helping you control your database growth
Thousands of companies, all over the world, run their business
on SAP R/3 today. Now, most of them face the same
problem: huge amounts of data have been entered since
the system began to work, but no action has been taken to
remove hardly used or out-of-date data from the database.
So, their database is expanding rapidly and their systems,
initially sized for 1 or 2 years of data retention, are overflowing.
This growth leads these companies to purchase new
storage devices for their database servers and, usually, to
invest in a hardware upgrade, so that these servers are fast
enough for users or business requirements. In addition to
increased hardware needs, growth has a significant effect
on database management complexity.
overview
People in charge of SAP R/3 systems usually have to choose
between keeping the maximum amount of information for
immediate access by their business units and the need of
controlling the growth of their databases so that the system
management performance is good enough. Annual database
growth in the order of 20-30% is characteristic of
R/3 systems. High number of volume transactions and legal
restrictions (in some countries certain kind of documents are
to be kept for 5, 10 or 20 years) are a contribution to this
growth.
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how this situation impacts the system:
• Data read times are not fast enough for users‘ work.
• Database grows continously. Investment required in more
storage devices.
• Database reorganization times and recovery time after a
system crash become unsatisfactory to intolerable.
• The large amount of physical disks increase risk of a disk
failure.
• Database size affects performance; hardware upgrade or
substitutions often required.
• Backup times increase until they are also unsatisfactory.
Analysis
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data archiving for SAP R/3 service
The HP Data Archiving for SAP R/3 service provides analysis,
design and implementation of a full historic data archiving
solution. The service takes into account both functional and
technical issues involved in the archiving strategy:
• Database growth technical analysis.
• Business processes and object growth analysis.
• Data retention planning.
• Identification of archiving objects.
• Archiving plan.
HP consultants will work with your IT organization to define,
assess, develop, and document your current R/3 system scenarios
and how they will evolve via the data archiving project.
Along with a functional data archiving environment,
additional deliverables of the service are short- and longterm
plans for stable, not exponential, database growth.
benefits of implementing a Hewlett-Packard
data archiving solution for SAP R/3
• Data that is no longer needed, but not removable for
company or legal requirements, may be stored outside
the database and accessed on-line.
• Automatic compression of archived data.
• Easy administration of archiving levels.
• Reduction in the number of disks and disk space, and
increased “free of failure“ periods of time.
• Reduced hardware and administration costs.
• Improvement in R/3 system performance, in particular,
better R/3 dialog process response times.
• Faster backups, database reorganizations, system
upgrades and Euro conversion.
• Shorter recovery time in case of system crash.
• Better performance than other traditional archiving
solutions, especially in recovering individual documents.
• Simple integration with the SAP R/3 environment using
standard tools.
Technical information in this document is subject to change
without notice.
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why choose hp?
HP trained and experienced consultants have implemented
archiving solutions all around the world through the reuse
of intellectual capital and a methodology specifically developed
for this service. HP Consulting is ready to provide you
the better solution, in the minimum amount of time.
Hewlett Packard is a major, award winning, SAP AG partner
with over 5000 installations. SAP AG recognizes HP as an
innovative and leading company adding valuable services
that complement and enhance SAP implementations.
The end result of this service is the implementation of a high
performing archiving system that reduces the data kept in
your system R/3, controlling the growth of the database in
the long term. You well have the necessary environment that
meets your company‘ s business needs and satisfies your IT
and legal requirements.
additional information
For more information and availability of this offering in your
country, please contact your local HP representative or send
email via the “contact hp consulting“ link at:
http://www.hp.com/go/ExtMfgConsulting
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please visit the HP/SAP alliance webpage:
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