Comparison of Platforms and Databases Supported by SAP R/3
SAP R/3 Support many platforms and database, here is some simple comparison. The platforms that R/3 can run on are shown in Table below
For example, if you write an ABAP/4 program on Digital UNIX with an Informix database and an OSF/Motif interface, that same program should run without modification on a Windows NT machine with an Oracle database and a Windows 95 interface. Or, it could run on an AS/400 with a DB2 database using OS/2 as the front-end.
SAP also provides a suite of tools for administering the Basis system. These tools perform tasks such as system performance monitoring, configuration, and system maintenance. To access the Basis administration tools from the main menu, choose the path Tools->Administration.
Table 1.1 Platforms and Databases Supported by R/3
| Operating Systems | Supported Hardware | Supported Front-Ends | Supported Databases |
| AIX SINIX | IBM SNI SUN | Win 3.1/95/NT | DB2 for AIX |
| SOLARIS HP-UX | Digital HP | OSF/Motif | Informix-Online |
| Digital-UNIX | Bull | OS/2 | Oracle 7.1 |
| Macintosh | ADABAS D | ||
| Windows NT | AT&T Compaq | Win 3.1/95/NT | Oracle 7.1 |
| Bull/Zenith | OSF/Motif | SQL Server 6.0 | |
| HP (Intel) SNI | OS/2 | ADABAS D | |
| IBM (Intel) | Macintosh | ||
| Digital (Intel) | |||
| Data-General | |||
| OS/400 | AS/400 | Win95 OS/2 | DB2/400 |
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