IBM® CommonStore for SAP provides archiving capabilities that help SAP users run their businesses more efficiently.

It provides access to business information, supports the transfer of older information to lower cost disk and tape and reduces unnecessary data redundancy.

Here are some of the benefits :

• Reduces growth of SAP databases
• Reduces investments for additional hardware
• Provides better response times to customer inquiries.
• Delivers faster backups and database recovery
• Optimizes business processes
• Provides instantly available information, even after years
• Supports compliance and retention requirements
• It provides access to business

SAP database volume problems ... and a SAP certified solution. As your SAP database grows, so does the volume of SAP related data. There are more documents, forms, files, faxes, or printouts for users to find, route, and use. IBM® CommonStore for SAP is an SAP recommended method to offload data, trim the size of the operational database, and improve system performance. CommonStore for SAP

• Is certfied by SAP AG as a complementary software product for R/3
• Is seamlessly integrated with R/3 financial, logistics and human resources applications
• Can simply archive SAP R/3 data or incorporate it into an enterprise wide document management system.
• Supports all SAP operational databases (IBM UDB, Informix, Oracle...)
• Uses leading IBM archive systems such IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager (formerly ADSM), IBM Content Manager, and/or IBM Content Manager OnDemand. Commonstore provides communication between SAP and the archive which provides the store and management functions. The CommonStore server does not require the use of any relational database
• Provides a wide range of external storage devices (tape to optical).

CommonStore for SAP supports all SAP system platforms and manages all types of data and documents defined in the SAP ArchiveLink. This support is enhanced by the joint work of the SAP ArchiveLink and IBM CommonStore development teams.