FlexFrame 3.1 for mySAP Business Suite Ingo Dahm Walldorf, June 20th 2005.

FlexFrame 3.1 for mySAP Business Suite

Ingo Dahm Walldorf, June 20th 2005

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Agenda

History

FlexFrame 3.1 tech. overview

FlexFrame 3.1 future directions


How we got to where we are

Dez March Sept June Feb June 2001 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005

Start of joint research project with NetApp and SAP

Presentation of 1st prototype at CeBIT 2002 at SAP booth

SAPPhire, Orlando

FlexFrame in Keynote of Peter Zencke

SAP TechED, Bremen:Hella 1st FlexFrame-Customer

First ReleaseFlexFrame 3.0

Product Quality FlexFrame 3.1


FlexFrame – the HW side of it…

simplicity2

StorageNetApp Filer

TCP/IP-Network integrated

Computing PowerPRIMERGY & PRIMEPOWER

Control Nodes typical: 2 x PRIMERGY RX300


NetAppStorage

Shared OSVirtualization

of SAP Services

Autonomous Agents,integrated High

Availability

Key features


Key features – Shared OS

NetAppStorage


of SAP Services

Autonomous Agents,Integrated High

Availability


Shared OS / Network infrastucture

OS Installation-OS Configuration is reduced to a minimum

(DHCP / bootparam entry)

-no specific deployment sw

New release of Operating System (Patches/Upgrades) provided

VLAN setup comes w/ OS image


Key features – Virtualization of SAP Services

NetAppStorage


of SAP Services


Availability


The FlexFrame Concept – Virtualized SAP ServicesPRIMERGYBX300

PRIMERGYRX600

PRIMERGYRX800

PRIMERGYRX800

Centr.InstanceYou are BW_CI

Start Centr. Inst. of BWBW_CI

BW_AP2You are BW_AP2Start APP2 of BW

AP_Instance

You are BW_AP1Start App1 of BWBW_AP1

AP_Instance

HR_DB

HR_CI

HR_AP1

Centr.Instance

AP_Instance

DB_InstanceYou are BW_DBMount DB_BW

Start DB Service of SAP System BW

BW_DBDB_Instance

FSC3

FSC4

FSC5

FSC6

FSC8

FSC9

FSC1

FSC7

FSC2

Storage NetApp Filer

OS-shared

AP_BW

CI_BW

DB_BW

AP_HR

CI_HR

DB_HR

Control Nodes (clustered) assigns server names provides boot info distributes SAP services admin/monitoring


Peanuts… just logical hostnames…


Key features – Network Appliance Storage

NetAppStorage


of SAP Services


Availability


Fast restore via SnapRestore® Tape Library

Up to 8 * 1Gbit / Filer… …

Dedicated storage network

SnapMirror®

SyncMirror™

NearStore™

Backup via SnapVault™

Backup via NDMP

NetApp – Flexibility for high availability and backup


Key features – High Availability/Autonomous Agents

NetAppStorage


of SAP Services


Availability


PRIMERGYBX300

PRIMERGYRX600

PRIMERGYRX600

PRIMERGYRX800

PRIMERGYRX800

Centr.InstanceBW_CI

BW_AP2

BW_AP1AP_Instance

HR_DB

HR_CI

HR_AP1

Centr.Instance

AP_Instance

DB_Instance

BW_DBDB_Instance

FSC3

FSC4

FSC5

FSC6

FSC8

FSC9

FSC1

FSC7

FSC2

AP_InstanceBW_AP2

DB_InstanceHR_DBFSC2

AP_InstanceBW_AP2

The FlexFrame Concept – High Availability & Maintenance

Control Agent on control node

Storage NetApp Filer

AP_BW

CI_BW

DB_BW

AP_HR

CI_HR

DB_HR

OS-shared

Control Nodes (clustered) assigns server names provides boot info distributes SAP services admin/monitoring

Autonomous Agent integrated in OS started automatically


FlexFrame Server Pools

Storage LAN

Client LAN

Server

Group PB-G1

Server

Group

PB-G2

AN 3 AN 4 AN 5 AN 6 AN 7 AN 8

CN 1 CN 2

Control LAN

Storage LAN

Client LAN

Server LAN

Server

Group

PA-G1

Server

Group

PA-G2

AN 1 AN 2 AN 3 AN 4 AN 5 AN 6 AN 7 AN 8

Pool A

AN 1 AN 2

Pool B

Server LAN Steffen Winterfeldt <[email protected]>, Susanne Steffen Winterfeldt <[email protected]>, Susanne


Future directions

Other OS releases

SAN storage

RAC(?)

FlexFrame 3.1 for mySAP Business Suite Ingo Dahm Walldorf, June 20th 2005.

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