Preface – HP ProLiant 585G5 User Manual
Page 7
12/17/2008
© 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany)
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
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Server Design & Performance:
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The term CPU is equivalent with socket or processors such as a two CPU Quad Core server contains 8 Cores.
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For availability and performance reasons, HP recommends for SAP ProLiant
servers a minimum configuration of two
processors or sockets.
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Depending on customer requirements in relation to data throughput (LAN; SAN); memory extension and scalability of
the server it might be advantageously to choose 4-socket servers as they provide more PCI-slots (data throughput) and
memory slots as 2-socket machines.
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In smaller system landscapes, we offer more powerful server systems than required by SAPS. With Intel Xeon or AMD
Quad Core technology the systems offer huge CPU reserves.
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Although one CPU might be able to cover system requirements of smaller systems (especially for non productive
environments), we recommend using two CPUs.
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For clarification –
one 2.0 GHz Quad Core CPU costs about 250€
list price. Also bear in mind that two
CPUs improve server memory addressing and redundancy!
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The sizes
of the test-
and quality assurance systems are related to the size of the given production system and serve
as a
general guide.
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The database sizes are based on SAP CC experiences.
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We
strongly
recommend
to get
in touch
with
our
StorageWorks
specialists
in our
SAP CC regarding
the
following
topics:
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Selection
of appropriate
storage
array
like
SWD All-in-One, storage
blades, MSA, EVA or
even
XP, based
on
customer
requirements
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Backup & restore
and availability
concepts
considering
recovery
point, recovery
time and general
availability
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Consolidation
of backup
and the
various
associated
topics
like
tape
backup, virtual
tape
libraries, disk-assisted
backup, local
and remote
mirroring
including
cluster
integration
with
CLX or
MetroCluster
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Value-added
tax (sales
tax) is
not
included
in the
prices (see separate excel worksheet) listed.
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