Can we install mulitple servers on a single box

[Former Member]

Hello SAP Gurus

Since we have some budget issues, I want to findout if we can install multiple SAP servers on a single box. If so which of the following can be combined

We have seperate

1.ECC and EP (together)

2.XI

3.ECC-IDES

4.CRM

5.Solution Manager

I would appreciate if some one can help me to find out, which of the above can be combined together. I know the performance will be an issue, but other than that will there be any conflicts between these, if they exist on the same server.

Thanks a lot in advance

Ram

Edited by: Prasad Ram on Apr 19, 2010 10:24 PM

[Former Member]

You should read this note and its associated notes.

Link: [Note 21960|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/21960]

[jens_straten2]

Prasad,

You might want to have a look at VMWare ESXi (or similar options). Another alternative is using MCOD to share one db for multiple SAP servers.

MCOD seems to give a lot of trouble during release upgrades. In general using a virtual environment appears to be a cleaner solution. In my opinion it would also be easier to copy your virtual systems into physical systems if your budget improves in the future.

You can do a search using Google for MCOD and using virtual environments for SAP.

Hope that helps.

Best regards,

Jens