XI hardware requirements

[Former Member]

Hi guys!

Im doing some research on XI and is totally new to it so this may be a dumb question but here it goes...

What kind of server do you need to install XI? i.e. processor, RAM, Disk, OS?

We are planning to implement a little sandbox where the XI server will connect to R3 systems outside the firewall.

All help is appreciated.

Petre

[Former Member]

Hi Petre,

The requirements depend on the operating system and the database used for the installation.

Go to http://service.sap.com/instguides -> SAP Netweaver -> Release 04 -> Installation -> SAP Web AS -> SAP Web AS 6.40 SR1 and Related Documentation -> Choose your database (Ex: Oracle ) -> Planning and Preparation -> Select SAP Web AS ABAP for Windows.

Look at Page 37, minimum RAM is 1 GB (because XI is Unicode), ABAP system 25GB.

You should check the same for Web AS Java also.

one more small thought...

You also need to find the how the end user will access your system. In case an end user access outside of the LAN (say via WAN or dial-up) using https, it will have additional requirements for your hardware as you will need compression enabled for improved response time for WAN. Adding compression or SSL may add additional hardware if you based your sizing based on LAN.

And also One easy approach is after you define your test case, run some load test on your QA/Staging system. Use the load test data and find out the hardware requirements based on load test. If your requirement is larger than the staging system, you may have to take a staged approach. In that case you roll-out the system to a certain number of users and monitor the system and plan for additional users based on the monitored results.

Also for RAM memory, HDD size you can check this document:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/unkown/sizing%20gu...

Also go through these links...

/people/susanne.janssen/blog/2005/06/09/efficient-sap-hardware-sizing-quick-sizer

http://service.sap.com/quicksizing

Regards,

Abhy

[Former Member]

Hi ,

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