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Reference Architecture for SAP Applications using Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series

Reference Architecture

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24 Oct 2024
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Abstract

This document describes the reference architecture for SAP application workloads using the Lenovo ThinkAgile VX appliances and certified nodes. The intended audience for this document is technical IT architects, system administrators, and managers who are interested in executing workloads on these systems.

The reference architecture provides a technical overview of the servers and networking, and explains why the combination of Lenovo products and VMware vSAN software provides best of breed system performance and reliability. The reference architecture describes the workload components, performance recommendations, and best practices of using SAP applications, especially SAP HANA.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Technical overview of ThinkAgile VX
SAP Business Suite sizing
SAP HANA system sizing
SAP HANA best practices
Resources

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Change History

Changes in the October 22, 2024 update:

  • Add ThinkAgile VX850 V3
  • Remove Intel Xeon Scalable Processor 2nd Generation systems

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  1. SAP Solutions by Lenovo: Trends and Opportunities
    2025-02-13 | 25 minutes | Employees Only
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    SAP Solutions by Lenovo: Trends and Opportunities

    Join Irene Hopf from the Lenovo Center of Competence for SAP, as she discusses the top trends and opportunities for SAP solutions by Lenovo. Topics covered include the relationship between SAP and Lenovo, opportunity identification, description around what a “typical” SAP IT landscape looks like, what a “Cloud on Premise” solution by Lenovo means, where to get help and how to access resources

    Course Objectives:
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    Length: 25 minutes

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    Course code: DSAPB102
  2. SAP Webinar: Best of Both Worlds - Lenovo Hybrid Cloud Solutions for SAP July 2024
    2024-09-26 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
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    SAP Webinar: Best of Both Worlds - Lenovo Hybrid Cloud Solutions for SAP July 2024

    Over the last two decades SAP customers have invested millions of dollars optimizing their SAP on-premise systems. These customers are now faced with the challenge of cloud adoption for their business-critical SAP applications. The Lenovo hybrid cloud solution with Microsoft Azure for SAP workloads is ideal for safeguarding mission critical SAP Systems while embracing the cloud. This solution brings together the best of both worlds by providing flexibility to leverage SAP cloud services while maintaining on-prem environments.

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    Length: 60 minutes

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    Course code: DSAPF102
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    2024-09-06 | 60 minutes | Partners Only
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    SAP Webinar: Lenovo Portfolio Update for SAP Landscapes

    Join Mark Kelly, Advisory IT Architect with the Lenovo Global SAP Center of Competence as he discusses:

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    Length: 60 minutes

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    SAP Webinar for Lenovo Sellers: Lenovo Portfolio Update for SAP Landscapes

    Join Mark Kelly, Advisory IT Architect with the Lenovo Global SAP Center of Competence as he discusses:
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    • Lenovo support resources for SAP solutions

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    Business Problems Addressed with Lenovo Data & Analytics Solutions

    Data is the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, which is then stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, solid state, or mechanical recording media. All different types of organizations rely more and more on their data to gain valuable insights and improve their business. As expected, they will have challenges with gaining this insight. In this course we will discuss those challenges and problems our customers face and describe how Lenovo Data and Analytics Solutions can help customers solve each problem.

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    After completing this training, you will be able to define the following common problems for databases and big data and describe how Lenovo can help customers solve each problem: scalability, management, performance, protection, security, knowledge/skill, and technology evolution.

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    VTT: SAP HANA Transition and Refresh Opportunity - July 2023

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