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.
AIX is a vital platform for core critical Business Applications such as SAP. Traditionally, AIX has been and is still widely being used as an SAP© database server and SAP application server platform for SAPs NetWeaver© software.The supported databases include most notably IBM Db2 and Oracle©. A large number of non-NetWeaver products from SAP are also supported on AIX. In addition, AIX is one of SAPs strategic application server platforms for S/4 HANA©.For the complete list of databases and SAP products on AIX see SAPs Product Availability Matrix (PAM).The latest offering from IBM includes the SAP certified IBM Power Virtual Servers - colocated with IBM Cloud - on which you can run classic SAP ECC on AIX as well as SAP S/4 HANA on Linux. A high-end SAP SD benchmark has been published for this environment.
For details on SAP certified solutions see SAP Note 2855850 - SAP Applications on IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers.AIX offers a number of unique features which allow you to optimally run SAP.Among the many redbooks and white papers around AIX, check out these SAP related publications:Using AIX 64K Active Memory Expansion with SAPSAP Applications with AIX Live Update
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