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PBS Contentlink and Hitachi Content Platform − SAP Data Archiving

© Hitachi Data Systems Corporation 2015. All rights reserved.2

The SAP application generates a significant amount of data, increasing with every new release

Growth of the SAP database is generally reflected by a reduction in system performance, but there are also strains placed on system management people and processes

Currently only about 30% of SAP customers worldwide keep database growth under control by archiving data and in turn keep their SAP systems at peak performance. Many of the remaining 70% have no idea how big their database is or its growth rate

Deleting data is not a viable option, since there many legal and regulatory requirements for data retention

However, data from closed business process can be archived to a "content repository" server, freeing up space in the SAP database but still providing seamless access via SAPGUI to the archived data

Solution: Archive old SAP data to Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) via PBS Contentlink

Problem: Stale Data Using Resources


Archiving in SAP: Avoid the Data Tsunami

Continuous data growth in SAP database

TCO explosion, unstable system (SAP HANA)

Poor retrieval performance

Backup/DR? Audits? Compliance?

Transfer growth to low-cost archive

Large data compression > 1:5

Single instance – no mirrors

Reduce DB costs > 60%

Small footprint in online SAP DB

Archive covered with compliant HCP storage

Archiving, PBS ContentLink, and HCP


Hitachi and SAP: 20+ Year Partnership

1994-1999 SAP Service PartnerChannel PartnerSAP Technology Partner

2000-2007Expansion of regional partnerships

2008-2011SAP Global Service Partner (GSP)SAP Global Technology Partner (GTP)

2012-2014First GTP with SAP HANA resell abilityHANA Live in Five20-year anniversary of partnership

2015Strategic acquisitions: - oXya- Pentaho

SAP awards winner

Two decades of collaboration and integration experience for joint solutions SAP Pinnacle Award for SAP Global SME-Market Sales in 2007 10x SAP Award for Highest Customer Satisfaction since 1998 Competency Center at SAP HQ in Walldorf to enhance and develop solutions


Hitachi Global Competency Center for SAP Solutions in Walldorf, Germany

Location At SAP AG headquarters One-hour drive south of Frankfurt Four hours by train to Paris Fifteen minutes to historic Heidelberg

Address Hitachi Global Competency Center for SAPAltrottstr. 3169190 WalldorfGermany


PBS ContentLink (PCL) is a lean software interface which acts as the bridge between SAP and the compliant storage system HCP. PCL covers structured and unstructured data with SAP ArchiveLink and WebDAV

Compliant Storage for Structured and Unstructured Data

SAP ERP SAP BWSAP CRMSAP SRM.

PBS ContentLink

Server: Linux, Unix,Microsoft® Windows®

Archive files (ADK), documents, print lists, and more


SAP data archiving (ADK files)

SAP data extracts (DART files)

SAP document management

SAP print lists

SAP business documents

SAP records and case management

SAP document finder and TREX text search

SAP workflow integration

Third-party scan systems

PCL – Supported Data Types

PCL is not an ECM system, but provides plenty of ECM features


No database – no backup

Easy and fast installation

Administration and monitoring directly from the SAP front end

Large scalability, even for multiple requests and large data volumes

Retention management for documents directly from the SAP front end

Supports data migration with dedicated utility

Supports SAP ArchiveLink certified third-party scan systems

Certified by SAP and Hitachi

ContentReader: indexing and research option for SAP data

ContentLink Main Features


Transparent Access to Archived Data

ERP Applications

SAP

ADK*

+

PBS add-ons

SAP DB

ADK*

PBS Index

ArchiveLink

WebDAV

PBS ContentLink

CompliantStorage


Transparent Data Retrieval With PBS

500GB savings in < three months

Data growth challenge solved

Data retrieval covered by PBS archive add-ons

Data and documents compliantly stored via

PBS ContentLink

Database improvement with archiving and PBS

Da

tab

ase

siz

e (

GB

)

SAP archiving achieves volume reduction but has bottlenecks regarding retrieval

PBS archive add-ons provide complete data access and navigation options


How PCL Supports HCP

PBS ContentLink server

Optimized cache Data compression

Data integrity check

HCP Replication

PBS ContentLink checks for data integrity and speeds up access through its optimized cache

Through integrated compression, PBS ContentLink makes better use of available storage capacity, due to some SAP data being very compressable

PBS ContentLink can either rely on HCP- based replication or can do software-based replication, being replica-aware in both cases


HCP Feature Capabilities

“Backup-less”

Self-replication

Self-healing

Storage optimization

Compression

Dedupe

Service plans

Cloud tiering

Replication

EC storage (S10)

Compliance

WORM

Encryption

Shredding

Legal hold

Retention

Versioning

Auditing

Chargeback

Reporting

Index/search

E-discovery

Add and search metadata

Hitachi Support


Usage of two storage systems with built-in replication: PBS ContentLink writes to one storage only. Replication is controlled by the storage system itself

Sample Architecture – Built-In Replication

SAP ERP

SAP BWSAP CRMSAP SRM ...

PBS ContentLink

Server: Linux, Unix,Windows, cloud-based

Replication


Usage of two storage systems without built-in replication: PBS ContentLink writes in parallel to both storage systems. Write failure activates a “storage maintenance mode“ − replication is performed later, when both systems are online again

ContentLink: Software-Based Replication

SAP ERP

SAP BWSAP CRMSAP SRM ...

PBS ContentLink



Unique support of the SAP ArchiveLink and WebDAV interface

PBS Content Link – Features

SAP ILM/WebDAV

Retention management Retention warehouse Data archiving Document metadata

SAP ArchiveLink Data archiving Documents Print lists DART/extracts KRPO: SAP DVS ... Records management

Data Meta data and data

Research

Link to structured data Customizable indexes Flexible research templates

Search indexes

PBS ContentLink – Interface

Data Storage


Integration with Microsoft SharePoint®

Collaboration

SAPArchive files (ADK)

Documents SharePointMicrosoft

Office

Document Access in SharePoint

PBS ContentLink

Document Access in SAP

SAP ERP SAP BWSAP CRMSAP SRM ...

Data Storage

HCP

Link SharePoint as integration platform


Reasons why customers select PBS ContentLink

‒ Low TCO

− No persistent data on the ContentLink server

− No-own database management system

− Administration and monitoring directly from the SAP front end

‒ Excellent performance

− Very high throughput with low-cost server hardware

− Flexible caching option, for example for SAP archive files (ADK)

- Very high stability

− Reliable operation, even in high load situations

Important PCL Benefits for Customers


Why Customers Use PBS ContentLink

Lean and cost effective‒ No persistent data on server, no-owned database‒ Administration and monitoring via SAP front end

Excellent performance‒ Very high throughput with low-cost server hardware‒ Flexible caching option, for SAP archive files for example

Very stable (reliable operation)

Monthly Costs Legacy solution PBS ContentLink Savings

Hosting cost for server hardware US$16,800 US$2,600 85%

Outsourced archive server administration US$5,000 $0 100%

Unscheduled maintenance (upgrades and so forth) 160 hours 4 hours 98%


PCL achieves better data throughput than alternative systems and does not suffer from saturation effects in high-load situations

Performance Comparison

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Records per second

Parallel Requests

Storage system throughput

PCL

System 1

System 2


High-Availability Concepts

Hardware virtualization

VMware

AIX LPAR

Hot standby

Microsoft cluster

DNS managed

SAP note 484459PCL

PCL

App

App

App

App

PCL

SAP System

SAP DB

SAP System

SAP DB

Storage

HCP

Storage

HCP


Implementation Scenarios

DEV

SAP

SBX/QA

SAP

PRD

SAP

PBS ContentLink

PCL instance 2Content

Repository S1

PCL Instance 1Content

Repository D1

PCL instance 3Content

Repository P1

Other applications (mail, DMS, and so forth)

PCL instance 1Hitachi ContentRepository D1

Storage System HCP


ContentLink system monitoring directly from the SAP front end

Monitoring Cockpit


PCL enables file caching to optimize retrieval performance for SAP ADK archive files

Cache Management

This file is cached

File caching can be customized flexibly


PCL retention period administration – management of existing settings directly from the SAP front end

− Completely automated process

− Easy implementation – low administration effort

Current enhancement for ADK files (presently in development)

− Synchronization of the retention values of original documents with linked records in the corresponding ADK files.

Retention Management for Documents and ADK Files


Dedicated API for testing purposes and to enhance customer-specific programs and applications with PCL features

ContentLink API


Effective Research Option with PBS ContentReader

SAP System

WebCustomObject

Application data

indexes, metadata

Definition of templates, output lists, variants, indexesSetup of custom index data

Transport concept, authorization concept, ABAP research

ABAP

Web BrowserWeb

TemplateMatchcodes

VariantsSelect

Options

ArchiveLink

ContentLink


Data and documents

Data Storage

HCP


More than 100 installations of PBS PCL worldwide

Customers in Germany include

− Continental Teves

− Vattenfall

− T-Systems

− Boehringer-Ingelheim

Large customers in the Americas

(well-known brands)

First customers in Asia Pacific

References and Certification

BC-AL 7.40 (6/2015)

HTTP ContentServer Certification

BC-ILM 3.0 (6/2015)

Information Lifecycle Management


ContentLink for SAP ERP and SAP R/3 from release 4.5 B.

Can also be used in SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP IS, CRM, SRM, SLM, GTS, and others

Supported storage platforms

− Hitachi Content Platform

Runs on standard IPC or Unix-based hardware; needs Windows, Unix, or Linux OS

Can be combined with all SAP ArchiveLink-enabled scan software such as Dicom Kofax,

EMC Captiva, and others

Supported Platforms and System Requirements


Extremely slim interface between SAP and Hitachi Content Platform

Highly scalable, low maintenance costs, easy to implement

Stateless – no-own database, always in sync, very easily recoverable

Compliant storage of application data and documents provided by HCP

HCP benefit: protected, self healing archive

Optimized caching, data integrity checks, and compression

Transparent access to archived data, using PBS archive add-ons

HCP benefit: indexable, easy-to-manage archived data

Monitoring and administration through SAP

Supports HCP-based as well as software-based replication

Summary − Benefits of Joint Solution


Hitachi Data Systems: Steve Gerety, ISV alliances manager, [email protected]

PBS: Klaus Zimmer, director, sales and alliances, [email protected]

Channel partner: See theLoop for the right partner in your area

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