Sterling University has improved performance three-fold
and lowered project costs by moving its SAP human resources and
payroll system to Linux.
It migrated to a two-tier system after performance slowed
following two upgrades. The SAP applications run on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux running on HP Proliant servers. And the database
was migrated to HP Integrity Servers based on Intel's 1.3GHz
Itanium 2 processors.
"The Integrity systems offered better price/performance than
comparable Risc-based systems, with the added bonus that we will
maintain flexibility in choosing any operating system in the
future," said Martyn Peggie, HR information system manager at
Stirling University.
"We can choose HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows. This
will allow us to adapt to changing requirements over the years to
come.
"We believe with the current configuration of the IT systems,
the servers will pay for themselves over the next three years just
by savings in support costs."
