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Memory Based Computing. Gemma F. Durany SAP AG. Memory Based Computing. Platform Overview Technical Aspects New Technologies. Openness: R/3 Technology Environment. UNIX Systems. Hardware. Digital HP (Intel) IBM (Intel). Bull/Zenith Compaq Data General. NCR Sequent SNI. Bull
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Memory Based Computing Gemma F. Durany SAP AG
Memory Based Computing Platform Overview Technical Aspects New Technologies
Openness: R/3 Technology Environment UNIX Systems Hardware Digital HP (Intel) IBM (Intel) Bull/Zenith Compaq Data General ... NCR Sequent SNI Bull Digital HP IBM SNI SUN ... IBM AS/400 IBM S/390 Operating systems ReliantUNIX (SINIX) SOLARIS ... AIX Digital UNIX HP-UX Windows NT OS/400 OS/390 ADABAS D MS SQL Server INFORMIX-OnLine ORACLE ADABAS D DB2 for AIX INFORMIX-OnLine ORACLE Databases DB2 for OS/ 390 DB2 for OS/400 Windows NT, Windows 95, PM, Net PC, NC Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif, OS/2 Presentation Manager (PM), Macintosh, Net PC, NC Dialog SAP-GUI Microsoft Internet Information Server, Netscape Server (Windows NT Server 4.0) Internet Applications Languages ABAP/4, C, C++, HTML Java, ActiveX-Controls
Platform Overview • Most platforms plan a transition to 64 bit technology • R/3 on DIGITAL UNIX on 64 bit since 1992: • 64 bit Operating System • 64 bit Database • 64 bit R/3 Kernel and application server • R/3 on AS/400 on 64 bit since 1995: • DB2/400 full integrated in OS/400 • 64 bit Operating System and Database • 64 bit R/3 Kernel and application server
Platform Overview • Most UNIX Platforms are on 64 bit technology today • Databases complete their 64 bit transition soon • R/3 is ready for the transition to 64 bit
Memory Based Computing Platform Overview Technical Aspects New Technologies
Technical Aspects • 64 bit Memory Management: • No more 4 GB address space limitations • 4 BILLION TIMES MORE ADDRESS SPACE ! • Applications can access terabytes of disk and memory • Higher profitability of memory resources • System management becomes easier • Bigger database tables and index data: • Less archiving • Less reorganization • Design simplification of large applications
Technical Aspects • 64 bit Performance : • Faster low level operations • Faster memory mapped file access, caching and swapping • Faster analysis of bigger amounts of data
Technical Aspects • Advantages for R/3 on 64 bit: • Unlimited R/3 user context • Unlimited addressing capabilities for R/3 memory objects • + 40 % overall performance win for R/3 • SAP is always ready for new technologies • SAP is flexible
Memory Based Computing Platform Overview Technical Aspects New Technologies
Usercontext Usercontext Usercontext Application data Application data Application data Shared database New Technologies • No memory based computing: • Typical C/S implementation • Extensive resource requirements
Usercontext Usercontext Usercontext Buffered, sharedapplication data Shared database New Technologies • First step to memory based computing: • Buffering with R/3 2.0 to reduce disk I/O • First level memory based computing
Usercontext Usercontext Buffered usercontext Buffered, sharedapplication data Shared database New Technologies • Second step to memory based computing: • Buffering with R/3 3.0 to reduce disk I/O • Faster user context switch • Advanced memory based computing
Shared database New Technologies • The latest in Memory Based Computing: • Buffering with liveCache • Optimized and Synchronized data structures allow for a new type of business functionality Usercontext Usercontext Buffered usercontext Buffered,shared application- specific data Buffered, sharedapplication indep.data liveCache
New Technologies • What is liveCache ? • A memory resident object management technology which allows new business processes through real time processing of vast amounts of data using very large memory and parallel processing • Application data in memory: • Optimized for use of large memory • Ready to exploit 64 bit computing ! • Enables business processes not possible before due to performance and memory limitations
New Technologies • Example: • 80-95% of product planning run is database I/O • liveCache holds large amounts of data in main memory • Supply chain planning in minutes rather than hours ! • Lots of other possible 64 bit based new technologies
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