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IBM Power System E850C: Technical Overview and Introduction
This product represents a continuation of IBM's long-standing partnership with SAP. Power
Systems Solution Edition enables clients to start fast and, to use SAP's phrase, “run simple.”
It also provides the capacity to manage growth and the flexibility to integrate new functions,
which helps minimize risks that are associated with adopting new business technologies.
The Solution Edition is available now for the Power 850C server with POWER8 processors.
Eligibility requirements for Power Systems Solutions Edition for SAP HANA:
The client must possess new or existing software licenses for SAP HANA to be run on this
server.
Proof of purchase of the software (for example, a copy of the invoice) must be provided to
IBM on request.
SAP HANA software and Business Warehouse Solution software are available through an
SAP authorized sales representative.
Power Systems Solution Editions for SAP HANA provide starting configurations that allow
customers to quickly deploy HANA and grow with their business needs while meeting SAP
design criteria. Power Systems servers are ideally suited to provide excellent SAP HANA
performance and system reliability. The SAP HANA code that runs on the POWER
architecture uses the exceptional POWER8 memory bandwidth, SIMD parallelization, and
simultaneous multithreading (SMT).
Table 1-4 lists the solution edition offerings that are available by server.
Table 1-4 Solution edition offerings for SAP HANA
Power E850C system configuration
The Power E850C initial order for SAP HANA Solution Edition with 48 cores at 3.65 GHz
processor and 2 TB memory must include a minimum of the items in Table 1-5.
Table 1-5 Features required for an initial order for SAP HANA
Server
Processor
Usage
E824
24 cores at 3.52 GHz
Suitable for HANA database that grow up to 0.5 TB
E850C
48 cores at 3.65 GHz
Suitable for HANA database that grow up to 2 TB
E870
40 cores at 4.19 GHz
Suitable for HANA database starting at 0.5 TB with expected
growth beyond 1 TB
E870
80 cores at 4.19 GHz
Suitable for HANA database starting at 1 TB with expected growth
beyond 2 TB
Note: Effective SAP database size (containing business data) is typically half the memory
capacity of the server.
Feature number
Description
EPVR x 4
Solution edition for SAP HANA 3.65 GHz pro 12 Activations
EPVS x 48
Power Processor Activation for #EPVR
EMBD x 2
1 TB DIMM Bundle for HANNA (8 x 128 GB DDR4 CDIMMs)
EMAJ x 8
256 GB Memory Activation for #EPVR and #EPVL
EPVN x 1
Dual Controller Disk Backplane with write cache
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