Re: Sap Bites the Dust at Sobeys ($81 million) !!!

["Bernd Schaefers" <bschaefers@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, the Case Study seems to have vanished. If you're interested I can mail
the pdf file (150KB) to your private address.

Best,
Bernd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Palmer" <neilp@dpslink.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Sap Bites the Dust at Sobeys ($81 million) !!!


> Yes - I see going to http://www.ibm.com  and searching on Sobeys produces
> a few hits.  I notice the link to Sobeys on the case study page at
> http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/partners/ae1partners/sap/casestudy.html
>  is broken - but so are many of the others.
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> However the link to this page:
> http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/spworld2000/americas/session5.html
> referring to a conference held last June  , includes this:
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> Track 2 - Classic High Performance Computing and Linux Clusters --
> Executive Center 2A-2B
> ERP: SAP Implementation on the SP
> Derrick Hazel, SP Administrator
> Sobeys Canada
> This presentation will provide an overview of the implementation of SAP
> R/3 that Sobeys Canada has recently completed in 1999. Sobeys SAP
> installation is the largest retail installation of SAP R/3 in North
> America. Discussions on how this was accomplished using the IBM SP2
> architecture will include: use of the SP2 switch as a high-speed
> networking alternative, use of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager on the SP for
> enterprise systems backup and restore, designing and implementing large
> database disk architecture ( > 1 terrabyte) on IBM SSA disk, and how all
> these topics fit into a scalable, highly-available server strategy using
> HACMP high-availability software.
> Derrick Hazel is the SP Administrator for Sobeys Canada Limited in Nova
> Scotia, Canada and is an SAP Basis team member there. Derrick has been
> working with IBM hardware and software for 10 years. Specifically in the
> last several years, Derrick has worked almost exclusively with the AIX
> Operating System and the IBM SP2 server architecture. His experiences
> include deploying a multi-terrabyte database on the SP2 platform using DB2
> UDB, tuning the SP2 switch for application network performance, and
> installing and administering the disaster recovery site for one of
> Canada's largest retailers. Derrick has designed and deployed RS/6000
> systems for companies in many different industry sectors including retail,
> health care, transportation and oil and gas.
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> ...Neil
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> "Bernd Schaefers" <bschaefers@gmx.net>
> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> 2001/02/03 04:46
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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> > Hmmm..what platform was the SAP being implemented on?
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> According to an IBM case study SAP running on an RS/6000 SP, and DB2,
> running on an RS/6000 S80.
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> Bernd
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