SQL Server Technical Resources for SAP

The following are technical resources available to ensure successful deployment and operations of SAP solutions on SQL Server.

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Whitepapers

The white papers below provide information ranging from an overview of SQL Server for SAP solutions to what the best practices are for a successful deployment of SAP solutions on SQL Server.

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Benchmarks

Working with SAP and hardware partners, SAP standard benchmarks are conducted to test the performance of SAP applications on the Windows and SQL Server platform. Benchmarking efforts are ongoing in order for new hardware platforms to be certified to run SAP applications.

The list below is represents only a fraction of the results of SAP benchmarking for Windows and SQL Server. Refer to the SAP Standard Application Benchmarks web site for detail on all benchmarks performed with hardware partners.

Recent Highlight

World Record Set by SQL Server 2008 for SAP SD 3-Tier Benchmark on 4-Processor Server

SAP SD 3-Tier

93,000 Concurrent Users (HP; Itanium; 7/11/05)

34,000 Concurrent Users (HP; Intel Xeon; 2/26/08)

SAP SD 2-Tier (One Central Server)

10,400 Concurrent Users (Fujistu; Intel Itanium; 4/15/08)

9,265 Concurrent Users (HP; Intel Itanium; 3/29/07)

5,230 Concurrent Users (HP; AMD Opteron (x64); 5/5/08)

5,115 Concurrent Users (HP; Intel Xeon; 9/12/08

3,705 Concurrent Users (HP; Intel Xeon; 9/3/07)

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