Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993
by chasd00 on Friday February 16, 2024 @08:18AM
(#39396581)
Iirc as400 hardware and OS was optimized for IO throughout and batch processing. What was the hardware SAP HANA was being deployed on?
/no experience with SAP but I’ve never heard a successful story implementing it ever
Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993
by hef19898 on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:35AM
(#39397547)
Because you only hear of the failures. Viaot the SAP homepage to get an idea of who is using it, all of those companies implemented it auccessfully at one point.
OP isn't saying the SAP implementation wasn't successful so, just expensive (no surprise), and somethings didn't work as begore (no surprise neither).
Re:Satya Nadella uses an IBM AS/400 in 1993
by patja on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:49AM
(#39397756)
Microsoft completed a very successful SAP implementation, on SQL Server and Windows. After two failed attempts. I am probably one of the few people who worked on all 3 tries. And prior to that they had a few AS400s running the business.
We had massive queries that ran in seconds that HANA with millions blown into the consultants just couldn’t complete in time (nightly billing runs).
The solution in the end was that a lot of complexity and decades of cleverness in adjusting to specific patterns in customer behavior were thrown out and replaced by “the consultant will just adjust that every week by hand”.
Also - I was soooo much faster with a num pad and the terminal than clicking around the SAP GUI. Ultimately part of why I left there.