SAP and VMware: Virtualizing Resource-Intensive Applications
Executive Summary
At the request of a major enterprise customer, Intel, SAP, and VMware jointly conducted proof-of-concept (PoC) testing of virtualized SAP* applications at SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto, California. The test configuration and workload closely modeled the customer’s existing IT environment.
Results demonstrated that new virtualization technologies from Intel and VMware deliver near-native performance, enabling virtualized SAP applications to support larger numbers of users with excellent performance and scalability.
The virtualized configuration, based on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and VMware vSphere* 4, supported up to 1,700 concurrent users with sub-second response times—a scalability difference of less than 13 percent compared with non-virtualized software.
The PoC and previous SAP application benchmark tests demonstrate that Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and VMware vSphere deliver both horizontal scalability (as the number of virtual machines is increased) and vertical scalability (as more virtual CPUs [vCPUs] are assigned to a single virtual machine).
These results remove a key performance concern, allowing IT organizations to reap the benefits of virtualizing SAP applications—including reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and the ability to focus on areas such as operations and management of virtualized environments.
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SAP and VMware: Virtualizing Resource-Intensive Applications
Executive Summary
At the request of a major enterprise customer, Intel, SAP, and VMware jointly conducted proof-of-concept (PoC) testing of virtualized SAP* applications at SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto, California. The test configuration and workload closely modeled the customer’s existing IT environment.
Results demonstrated that new virtualization technologies from Intel and VMware deliver near-native performance, enabling virtualized SAP applications to support larger numbers of users with excellent performance and scalability.
The virtualized configuration, based on Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and VMware vSphere* 4, supported up to 1,700 concurrent users with sub-second response times—a scalability difference of less than 13 percent compared with non-virtualized software.
The PoC and previous SAP application benchmark tests demonstrate that Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series and VMware vSphere deliver both horizontal scalability (as the number of virtual machines is increased) and vertical scalability (as more virtual CPUs [vCPUs] are assigned to a single virtual machine).
These results remove a key performance concern, allowing IT organizations to reap the benefits of virtualizing SAP applications—including reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and the ability to focus on areas such as operations and management of virtualized environments.
Read the full SAP and VMware: Virtualizing Resource-Intensive Applications Case Study.
