English to Chinese translation sample 5 -Select SAP R/3 platform

（Edited by freelance Chinese translator li – English to Chinese or Chinese to English translation services）

English to Chinese

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For the vast majority of users, the viable SAP R/3 platform choices through 2001 will be limited to Windows NT (on Intel) and Unix (Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, IBM and Seimens Nixdorf), while OS/390 Open Edition and OS/400 will be available for current users whose platform loyalty outweighs other considerations (0.8 probability).

Key Issue: How should users best select server platforms and vendors for RDBMS and application server roles during the next five years?
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The chart above summarizes our major findings regarding three critical differentiators for SAP R/3 platform selection: Market share (a current snapshot -- expect improvements for Windows NT and Sun), Performance and scaling (determined by current high water marks) and High availability (failover and clustering functionality). By the time a platform decision must be made, most users have already contracted with an external service provider or system integrator for the R/3 implementation assistance required, so system vendors’ R/3 professional service expertise may be an irrelevant differentiator. The timeliness and quality of system vendors’ hardware and software maintenance can be a differentiator, but only if verified by "local" references. System vendors that propose a heterogeneous solution (e.g., Windows NT application servers running against a Unix RDBMS server) introduce another level of management and problem resolution complexity and management cost into the picture.

Action Item: We recommend that users always check vendors local references for hardware maintenance, due to extreme quality variations we have seen on a geographic basis.

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对于绝大多数用户，可行的SAP R/3平台选择直到2001年将仅限于 Windows NT（on Intel）和Unix（Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, IBM and Seimens Nixdorf） ，而 OS/390 Open Edition 和 OS/400将提供给那些首先考虑平台忠诚度（概率0.8）的现有用户。

关键问题：在今后的五年里，用户如何更好的选择伺服器平台、RDBMS供应商和应用伺服器角色？
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以上图表概括了我们关于选择 SAP R/3平台三个重要因素的主要发现。 市场份额（目前状况-- Windows NT 和Sun有望提高），业绩和规模（通过目前的最高水平来判断）和高实用性（自动切换和集群功能）。 当需要决定选择某个平台时，大多数的用户已经就R/3的技术服务事项，与外部服务提供商或系统集成服务商订立了合同，因此系统供应商的 R/3专业知识因素可以不考虑。 系统供应商软硬件维护的及时性和质量可以考虑，但是必须在当地找到依据。 如果系统供应商提出一个异构方案（比如，Windows NT 应用伺服器与Unix RDBMS伺服器冲突），那么还需要考虑管理水平、解决问题的复杂性和管理成本等因素。

活动项目： 由于系统质量的地区差异极大，所以我们建议用户经常在当地询证供应商的硬件维护情况。