Effective and Compliant Storage

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Page 1 PBS ContentLink – Effective and Compliant Storage for SAP Solutions

Effective and Compliant Storage

PBS ContentLink v3.2 - Lean Interface Solution for SAP Data Storage

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Agenda

 ContentLink – Overview

 Architecture and Features

 Case Studies – Why Customers Choose ContentLink

 Further Features and Functions

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Compliant Storage for Structured and Unstructured Data

PBS ContentLink (PCL) is a lean software interface which acts as the bridge between SAP and compliant storage systems (on premise) or virtual cloud storage. PCL covers structured and unstructured data with SAP ArchiveLink and WebDAV.

Archive files (ADK), documents, print lists, ...

SAP ERP SAP BW SAP CRM SAP SRM ...

PBS ContentLink

Server: Linux, Unix, Windows, cloud-based

* Storage supported by PCL:

see product specification sheet on the PBS website

Data

Storage

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PCL – Supported Data Types

 SAP Data Archiving (ADK files)

 SAP Data Extracts (DART files)

 SAP Document Management

 SAP Print Lists

 SAP Business Documents

 SAP Records & Case Management

 SAP Document Finder & TREX Text Search

 SAP Workflow Integration

 Third Party Scan Systems

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PCL – Features

PBS ContentLink – Interface

Data Storage

Unique support of the SAP ArchiveLink and WebDAV interface

SAP ILM / WebDAV

• Retention Management • Retention Warehouse • Data Archiving • Document Metadata SAP ArchiveLink • Data Archiving • Documents • Print Lists • DART / Extracts • KRPO: SAP DVS, ... • Records Management

Data Metadata and data

Research

• Link to structured data • Customizable indexes • Flexible research templates

Search indexes

On Premise

On Premise*

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Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint

Link Sharepoint as integration platform

Collaboration

SAP

Archive files (ADK)

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ContentLink Main Features

 No database – No backup

 Easy and fast installation

 Administration and monitoring directly from the SAP frontend

 Large scalability, even for multiple requests and large data volumes

 Retention management for documents directly from the SAP frontend

 Supports data migration with dedicated utility

 Supports SAP ArchiveLink certified 3rd party scan systems

 Certified by SAP, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi – validated by IBM

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Important PCL Benefits for Customers

PBS ContentLink has been selected by customers because of …

 Low TCO

- No persistent data on the ContentLink server

- No own database management system

- Administration and monitoring directly from the SAP frontend

 Excellent performance

- Very high throughput with low-cost server hardware

- Flexible caching option, for example for SAP archive files (ADK)

 Very high stability

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Cost Savings Potential

Potential cost savings with PBS ContentLink compared to an alternative solution (taken from a customer case study):

Monthly Costs Legacy

Solution PBS ContentLink Savings

Hosting cost for server

hardware $ 16,800 $ 2,600

85 %

Outsourced archive server

administration $ 5,000 $ 0

100 %

Unscheduled maintenance

(upgrades, etc.) 160 Hours 4 Hours

98 %

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Performance Comparison

PCL achieves a better data throughput than alternative systems and does not suffer from saturation effects in high-load situations:

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R e cor ds pe r s e cond Parallel Requests

Storage system throughput

PCL System 1 System 2

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High Availability Concepts

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Storage – Built-In Replication

Usage of two storage systems with built-in replication :

PBS ContentLink writes to one storage only. Replication is controlled by the storage system itself.

Replication SAP ERP SAP BW SAP CRM SAP SRM ...

PBS ContentLink

Server: Linux, Unix, Windows, Cloud-based

Storage 1

On Premise

Storage 2

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ContentLink: Software-based Replication

Usage of two storage systems without built-in replication :

PBS ContentLink writes in parallel to both storage systems. Write failure activates a "storage maintenance mode". Replication is performed later, when both systems are online again.

SAP ERP

SAP BW SAP CRM SAP SRM ...

PBS ContentLink

Storage 1

On Premise

Storage 2

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Implementation Scenarios

DEV

SAP

PBS ContentLink

PCL Instance 1 Content Repository D1

Other Applications (Mail, DMS, etc.)

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Monitoring Cockpit

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Cache Management

PCL enables file caching to optimize the retrieval performance for SAP ADK archive files

This file is cached

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Retention Management for Documents and ADK Files

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PCL retention period administration – management of existing settings

directly from the SAP frontend:

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Completely automated process

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Easy implementation – low administration effort

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ContentLink API

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Effective Research Option with PBS ContentReader

Web Browser Web Template ArchiveLink Matchcodes Variants Select Options

Data and documents SAP System Web Custom Object Application data indexes, metadata

Definition of templates, output lists, variants, indexes

Setup of custom index data Transport concept, authorization concept,

ABAP research

ABAP

ContentLink

Storage

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References and Certification

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More than 100 installations worldwide

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Customers in Germany include:

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Continental Teves

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Vattenfall

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T-Systems

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Boehringer-Ingelheim

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Large customers in the Americas (well-known brands)

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First customers in Asia Pacific

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Supported Platforms and System Requirements

 ContentLink for SAP ERP and SAP R/3 from release 4.5 B.

 Can also be used in SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP IS, CRM, SRM, SLM, GTS etc.  Supported storage platforms:

 EMC, Hitachi, IBM, NetApp, Grau Data, iTernity, KOM, Crossroads and others.

 A complete list is available from the PCL product specification sheet, PBS website

 New: Cloud Storage

 Runs on standard IPC or Unix-based hardware; needs Windows, Unix or Linux OS.

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Summary

PBS ContentLink is a lean interface software solution to link

state-of-the-art fixed content storage systems with SAP environments.

 Lean solution – low administration effort, no database, no backup

 Reliable – high availability enabled, replication option

 Fast – short access response time, flexible caching

 Scalable – no saturation effects for large data processing

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PBS Software GmbH

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Copyright

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