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Planning Virtual Infrastructure for SAP® Systems Technology Concepts and Business Considerations

by EMC (December 11, 2009)

Embracing a virtual infrastructure strategy for SAP® systems will impact your business by delivering the most efficient IT for SAP with reduced total cost of ownership, including smaller data center facilities and carbon footprints. The transformation ushers in new data center models, management policies, and operation practices for addressing SAP performance and capacity issues, and ensuring business continuity. Planning Virtual Infrastructure for SAP — Technology Concepts and Business Considerations is an EMC Global Solutions white paper describing the technical and business considerations for planning a virtual infrastructure for your SAP landscape. The paper addresses a variety of key considerations for SAP infrastructure, specifically addressing example deployment options for the major layers of the infrastructure, including the host or compute layer, the connectivity layer, and the storage or information layer.

Understand:

1. The business and IT drivers that are influencing the change to a virtual infrastructure.
2. The importance of a documented IT blueprint for SAP to execute the change.
3. Collaboration across IT domains is critical to a successful transformation.

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