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Re: Issues regarding backend platforms and databases.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Vance)
Thu Feb 6 01:50:06 1997
To: sapr3-soft@MIT.EDU
Date: 15 Jan 1997
From: "Alan Vance" <favance@visi.net> (by way of SAP Moderator <sap-request@realtimeusa.com>)
I have a similar question. We are just beginning a SAP Pilot. We have
already rolled out an NT 4.0 network and have some expertise. We (Newport
News Shipbuilding) have of our data in an IDMS/Mainframe Environment. We
also have most of the Human Resource Information in DB2 on the Frame. We
have used DEC in the past (VMS/RDB) for a variety of projects. As a
Shipbuilding company, we have a large engineering staff. The engineers use
Silicon Graphics and are moving towards NT Workstations as well.
What platform would you choose to implement the SAP Database Software on
(Oracle, DB2, or SQL Server)? What hardware platform would you use (IBM/SP
or AIX or 390, DEC/ALPHA, HP, Others)?
Assuming most of the clients will be NT 4.0/95 and we want implement Thin
Clients (NCs?), what would the Application Server's and the Internet
Server's software and hardware environment look like?
Any ideas on any of this would be greatly appreciated?
Alan Vance
Newport News Shipbuilding
favance@visi.net
