"Clearly, this book could be used as an excellent development tool and could help a company like mine perfect performance tuning steps and standards."
--Dennis Prince, SAP Development/Support Specialist, Hewlett-Packard

"SAP optimization is one of those subjects that developers struggle to find time for and managers don't know is necessary. Presenting the value of the process up front serves to give the developer ammunition to win time for optimization and the manager an education in the value and necessity of optimization. Even if the manager types don't read past chapter 3, George's job is done. They should be convinced that someone technical in their IT department needs to be reading this book. Anderson explains the value, then the core technology, and then when we're all on the same page, the process. To me, that was very helpful."
--Crew Reynolds, Software Development Manager, Daydots

"This book features good discussion on performance tuning the mySAP suite that no other books have so far. This is the perfect book for SAP Stress Test Project Managers, SAP Stress Test Project Teams, SAP Basis Administrators, Oracle DBAs, Unix Administrators managing SAP systems, and project implementation teams. Those who stress test their systems well with the help of this book will have significant returns."
--Sanjoy Rath, SAP Consultant

In this book, a leading expert on SAP performance walks through every facet of tuning and optimizing mySAP Solutions, and the technology layers underpinning these solutions, to maximize performance and value. George W. Anderson covers the entire testing and tuning process: planning, staffing, developing, testing, executing, validating, evaluating...and acting on what you've learned.

Anderson offers unparalleled guidance with regard to predicting the impact of system changes--from new hardware to updated NetWeaver-enabled business processes. Along the way, he shows how to make the most of countless optimization and monitoring tools--from free and low-cost technology stack-based utilities to comprehensive, automated SAP testing suites. His vendor-neutral, unbiased coverage includes:

• Quantifying concrete performance requirements--even for complex, cross-application business processes
• Testing and monitoring daily system loads, month-end or seasonal business peaks, key transactions, and complex multi-system business processes
• Conducting comprehensive server, SAN/disk subsystem, and database testing
• Managing the testing process, leveraging proven best practices and techniques
• Analyzing, verifying, and quantifying SAP availability, scalability, and TCO

Regardless of the technology infrastructure underpinning your SAP solutions, if you're responsible for deploying, managing, maintaining, refreshing, upgrading, or supporting SAP technologies, you need this book--now.

All enterprise applications must be tuned for maximum performance prior to deploying a new or updated solution into a productive environment. There are more than 60,000 in-place mySAP systems being continually upgraded to incorporate new hardware/software platforms as well as to integrate new mySAP components. According to a 2001 study, the average SAP implementation endured a major upgrade or addition to their SAP enterprise solution every other year. Further, a thousand more systems are being implemented each year. With competition a mouse-click away, or entire organizations depending upon the excellent performance and availability of their internal systems, tuning and the load testing that underpins this tuning is a necessity, not a luxury. However, there is no single book dedicated to mySAP performance tuning and stress testing. This book walks readers through understanding the role of each component within their SAP technology stack. It helps readers assemble a detailed project plan for stress-testing and subsequently tuning an organization's unique technology stack, guiding them through successfully performing an end-to-end stress test. Readers will understand component-level stress testing as well, and how this supports larger solution-level stress testing. This book also compares stress testing to functional and integration testing, and explains how they differ and why different toolsets and mindsets are required to successfully stress test an enterprise system.