Reference Architecture for SAP Applications using Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series

This document describes the reference architecture for SAP application workloads using the Lenovo ThinkAgile VX appliances and certified nodes. The intended audience for this document is technical IT architects, system administrators, and managers who are interested in executing workloads on these systems.

The reference architecture provides a technical overview of the servers and networking, and explains why the combination of Lenovo products and VMware vSAN software provides best of breed system performance and reliability. The reference architecture describes the workload components, performance recommendations, and best practices of using SAP applications, especially SAP HANA.

Introduction
Technical overview of ThinkAgile VX
SAP Business Suite sizing
SAP HANA system sizing
SAP HANA best practices
Resources

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Changes in the March 1, 2024 update:

• Add 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor (Sapphire Rapids) on ThinkAgile VX V3 2-Socket systems
• Add VMware 8.0 support
• Remove VMware 6.7 support
• Remove ThinkAgile VX 2U systems based on Intel Xeon 2nd Gen. SP

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• SAP Alliance
• SAP Business Suite
• SAP HANA
• ThinkAgile VX Series for VMware