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hp data archiving for SAP R/3

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helping you control your database growth

Thousands of companies, all over the world, run their business on SAP R/3 today. Now, most of them face the same problem: huge amounts of data have been entered since the system began to work, but no action has been taken to remove hardly used or out-of-date data from the database. So, their database is expanding rapidly and their systems, initially sized for 1 or 2 years of data retention, are overflowing. This growth leads these companies to purchase new storage devices for their database servers and, usually, to invest in a hardware upgrade, so that these servers are fast enough for users or business requirements. In addition to increased hardware needs, growth has a significant effect on database management complexity.

how this situation impacts the system:

Data read times are not fast enough for users work. Database grows continously. Investment required in more storage devices. Database reorganization times and recovery time after a system crash become unsatisfactory to intolerable. The large amount of physical disks increase risk of a disk failure. Database size affects performance; hardware upgrade or substitutions often required. Backup times increase until they are also unsatisfactory.

overview
People in charge of SAP R/3 systems usually have to choose between keeping the maximum amount of information for immediate access by their business units and the need of controlling the growth of their databases so that the system management performance is good enough. Annual database growth in the order of 20-30% is characteristic of R/3 systems. High number of volume transactions and legal restrictions (in some countries certain kind of documents are to be kept for 5, 10 or 20 years) are a contribution to this growth.

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data archiving for SAP R/3 service

The HP Data Archiving for SAP R/3 service provides analysis, design and implementation of a full historic data archiving solution. The service takes into account both functional and technical issues involved in the archiving strategy: Database growth technical analysis. Business processes and object growth analysis. Data retention planning. Identification of archiving objects. Archiving plan. HP consultants will work with your IT organization to define, assess, develop, and document your current R/3 system scenarios and how they will evolve via the data archiving project. Along with a functional data archiving environment, additional deliverables of the service are short- and longterm plans for stable, not exponential, database growth.

why choose hp?

HP trained and experienced consultants have implemented archiving solutions all around the world through the reuse of intellectual capital and a methodology specifically developed for this service. HP Consulting is ready to provide you the better solution, in the minimum amount of time. Hewlett Packard is a major, award winning, SAP AG partner with over 5000 installations. SAP AG recognizes HP as an innovative and leading company adding valuable services that complement and enhance SAP implementations. The end result of this service is the implementation of a high performing archiving system that reduces the data kept in your system R/3, controlling the growth of the database in the long term. You well have the necessary environment that meets your company s business needs and satisfies your IT and legal requirements.

benefits of implementing a Hewlett-Packard data archiving solution for SAP R/3

Data that is no longer needed, but not removable for company or legal requirements, may be stored outside the database and accessed on-line. Automatic compression of archived data. Easy administration of archiving levels. Reduction in the number of disks and disk space, and increased free of failure periods of time. Reduced hardware and administration costs. Improvement in R/3 system performance, in particular, better R/3 dialog process response times. Faster backups, database reorganizations, system upgrades and Euro conversion. Shorter recovery time in case of system crash. Better performance than other traditional archiving solutions, especially in recovering individual documents. Simple integration with the SAP R/3 environment using standard tools.

additional information
For more information and availability of this offering in your country, please contact your local HP representative or send email via the contact hp consulting link at: http://www.hp.com/go/ExtMfgConsulting For additional ERP Implementation and Optimization service information go to: http://www.hp.com/go/SCOConsulting For more information on HPs overall SAP solution portfolio please visit the HP/SAP alliance webpage: http:/www.sap.hp.com/public

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