SAP HANA on IBM Power

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Solutions for SAP HANA

IBM® Power® has a variety of options to meet clients where they are on their journey to SAP S/4HANA. Whether you are considering SAP HANA or the next-generation S/4HANA, IBM Power offers on-premises, off-premises or fully-managed (RISE with SAP) solutions, built to run mission-critical applications like SAP, help accelerate your ERP and application deployments, and help maximize the impact they can have on your data management, data integration, automation and business processes.

The key to IT efficiency and business continuity is a platform that integrates with your current infrastructure while simultaneously supporting digital transformation. IBM Power servers are purpose built for data-intensive applications such as SAP HANA and S/4HANA that require large amounts of in-memory computing but still let you maintain the high availability and flexibility required for your hybrid cloud. 

Provision faster

Dynamically accommodate changes to your SAP HANA platform resources, depending on your changing business needs.
Scale affordably and maximize uptime

Boost efficiency for your production SAP HANA database with shared-pool support, while reducing downtime through Virtual Persistent Memory for faster restarts.
Strengthen SAP data protection

Protect critical data and applications from cyberthreats with end-to-end security, including new and transparent in-memory encryption with no performance impact.
Improve AI inferencing and machine learning

IBM Power helps you become an intelligent enterprise by connecting mission-critical data to AI platforms like data fabrics or lakehouses—enabling fast inferencing and machine learning with in-core AI acceleration, large memory capacity, and optimized AI libraries.

Cloud solutions

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RISE with SAP

RISE with SAP is a guided journey that brings together outcome-driven services, Cloud ERP with SAP S/4HANA, and additional platforms to rethink the enterprise operating model. IBM Power Virtual Server offers a unique advantage to the enterprises that run SAP landscape on IBM Power servers. It is designed for a faster, non-disruptive move to RISE with SAP.

IBM Power Virtual Server

SAP customers can now enjoy the flexibility of IBM’s SAP-certified Infrastructure-as-a-Service Power Virtual Server, an enterprise cloud environment, to accelerate their migration.

On-premises solutions

Supports Linux-based SAP HANA workloads

IBM Power L1122 is a compact 2U rack server optimized for Linux workloads and AI-ready applications. Featuring up to 60 Power11 cores and 4TB of memory, it delivers exceptional performance for containerized, data-intensive, and cloud-native environments.

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Reliable environment for SAP HANA

IBM Power L1124 is a 4-socket rack server designed for enterprise-scale Linux and AI workloads. With up to 240 Power11 cores and 16 TB of memory, it delivers extreme performance and scalability for data-intensive analytics, virtualization, and cloud-native applications.

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Midrange SAP system

The IBM Power E1150 is a 4U rack server built for data-intensive workloads, offering up to 120 Power11 processor cores and 16 TB of DDR5 memory.

 

 

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Run SAP workloads

The IBM Power E1180 is a high-end server built for the AI era, delivering autonomous operations, cyber resilience and hybrid cloud flexibility.

 

 

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Client stories

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STIHL Group

"IBM Power is highly reliable and perfectly suited for our 24/7 availability needs. Over three system generations, we have never experienced any hardware issues that required unplanned downtime. "
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Wurth Group

"By using IBM Power, we ensure maximum availability, highest security and optimal performance. This is the perfect foundation to optimize our SAP workloads. The collaboration with IBM and SVA was perfect, the commitment and expertise of their teams were key for the successful implementation."
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Pfizer

“As a result of the transformation to SAP S/4HANA, we have reduced our 75 TB ERP 6.0 AnyDB database to approximately 5.5 TB. SAP S/4HANA on IBM Power delivers sustainability, performance and capacity for Pfizer."
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Bosch

Learn how Bosch delivers performance gains of up to 75% while cutting energy consumption by 20% using IBM Power10 servers.

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Ecogas

Ecogas deploys SAP HANA 2.0 in a hybrid environment based on IBM Power10 servers, extending high-quality digital services to over one million people “Moving to SAP HANA 2.0 on IBM Power10 played a key role in allowing Ecogas to maintain high service levels throughout the pandemic. In fact, around 80% of our customers now use digital channels as their primary touchpoint—all enabled by our IBM and SAP solutions.” Pablo Contreras Infrastructure and Telecommunications Leader, Ecogas
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OEDIV

Using the latest Power10 processors and IBM Power Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity, OEDIV achieved up to 25% cost savings for SAP HANA on IBM Power. With IBM PowerVC and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, they can provision systems more efficiently and 20%–30% faster.

Resources

Data protection and cyber security business IOT
On-Demand webcast
Strategic advantages of IBM Power Virtual Server for SAP Cloud ERP Modernization
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ESG Analyst Report
The Economic Benefits of IBM Power Servers
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eBook
SAP HANA on Power success stories from automotive to wholesale and many more.
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Redbook
SAP HANA on IBM Power: Architectural summary
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IBM PowerVC
Build private-cloud capabilities on IBM Power to improve administrator productivity, while further integrating and simplifying SAP HANA deployments.
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Redbook
Review options for running SAP/HANA on PowerVS servers and scenarios for installation and migration.
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Documentation
Learn how SAP enables the cognitive enterprise through a business technology platform.
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Webpage
SAP HANA: Discover more about the fast and powerful in-memory database that provides real-time, multi-model data analytics.
Next steps

Technology Lifecycle Services for SAP HANA on IBM Power

Need help troubleshooting any issues you may be having? IBM Technology Lifecycle Services provides support and services for SAP HANA on IBM Power across the solution lifecycle.

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SAP consulting services

Our SAP experts help you build and deliver a strategic business transformation plan using proven methodologies to create a roadmap that lowers costs, increases agility and improves results.

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