COMPAREX - Papst Motoren - Everything under One Roof

Papst Motoren - Everything under One Roof

Papst Motoren GmbH & Co. KG is Europe's leading manufacturer of fans and ventilators. And because it has four locations connected with one another electronically, data security is an important subject in the data processing department. All data processing applications used in its German locations, and most of those in Hungary, are managed from its central headquarters in St. Georgen. The heart of the system is a COMPAREX TETRAGON 2100, used to store mainframe and client/server data.

"While the products offered by COMPAREX's competitors were not bad, the service left a lot to be desired due to the fact that there were too many different partners involved in this area. Luckily, with COMPAREX we are able to get everything from a single source. Thanks to our positive experience with them, COMPAREX is now going to take responsibility for coordination work and our training needs."

Many Solutions. One Partner.

In the client/server environment, Papst is preparing to migrate from SAP R/2 to R/3. Eberbach decided to go with COMPAREX as its exclusive partner for this project. That's because at COMPAREX, Papst finds everything it needs under one roof: whether hardware or micro-code, operating system or the Oracle database for R/2 applications, SAP basic installation or coordination and training of employees.

Gerhard Eberbach relies on COMPAREX because of long-time experience. Because other suppliers couldn't fulfil his expectations for product quality, service and performance, COMPAREX got its first chance in the early 90s - with conventional disk drives. Later, a TETRAGON RAID5 and a 6394 system followed. Both systems are still running today with no problems. While preparing to implement R/3, only COMPAREX NT servers and the QS system were acquired, which are now intended to be used as production system. At the same time, Papst installed a COMPAREX cluster solution for SAP's personnel system (Human Resources module). It is used as development system, QA system and production system. In the beginning, the small RAID5 D1200 system was used. But because more capacity was needed, it soon became clear that a uniform solution was needed - TETRAGON 2100, which now has a storage capacity of 450 GB.

Intelligent Service - Successful Data Processing

Papst has signed long-term contracts with highly qualified partners in those areas in which it has decided not to build up its own capacities and know-how. In the area of basic SAP installation, for example, which is now being carried out by COMPAREX. In addition to the usual maintenance contract, Papst has signed a service contract with COMPAREX that guarantees one day per month of software and service support by the company in Mannheim. Eberbach is confident: “Preventive maintenance of systems that are sure not to crash anyway is a particularly attractive feature of COMPAREX."

COMPAREX - At Home in All Systems

In the future, Papst intends to continue to rely on SAP software tools. To ensure the physical transfer of large amounts of data between the mainframe and client/server environments, Papst uses COMPAREX's RAID5 system for both environments. COMPAREX software is also responsible for data exchange between the two systems - “and its performance is very good," says Eberbach. The software tests Papst conducted late in 1998 were a complete success. Which allows Gerhard Eberbach to view the future optimistically.

PAPST-MOTOREN GmbH:

Papst Motoren GmbH & CO. KG, St. Georgen, has 1,200 employees in Germany and just as many in Hungary. Exports: 65%. Sales volume was more than DM 300 million in the 1998/99 fiscal year and is expected to increase to DM 320 million in the current year. Papst is active primarily in the areas of air conditioning, medical and household technology, and in the machine, textile, telecommunications, computer and pump industries, as well as in the automotive industry.