SAP Note
1793345 - Sizing for SAP Suite on HANA
Component: BC-EHP-INS (Basis Components > Enhancement Package > Please use BC-UPG-TLS*), Version: 19,
Released On: 08.10.2021
Symptom
Initial Sizing observations for SAP Suite on HANA (SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP
6.0, version for SAP HANA, SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP CRM 7.0, version for SAP HANA,
SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP SCM 7.0, version for SAP HANA, SAP enhancement package 3
for SAP Supplier Relationship Management 7.0, version for SAP HANA).
Please refer to SAP Note 1872170 (Suite on HANA memory sizing), if you want to do a HANA
memory sizing of an already productive system. This SAP Note implements a report to estimate
the memory space requirement for the database tables of Suite on HANA systems. The program
runs on non-HANA systems.
Other Terms
Sizing, resource requirements, performance, update, hardware, enhancement packages, Suite on
HANA
Reason and Prerequisites
Customers plan hardware expenditures prior to moving to HANA
Please note that SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, SAP enhancement package 2 for
SAP CRM 7.0, SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP SCM 7.0, and SAP enhancement package 3 for
SAP SRM 7.0 are prerequisites for this move. (You can use note 1723135 and related notes to
plan the hardware requirements for the update to SAP ERP EHP6).
Solution
Initial sizing observations are based on lab measurements, load tests and measurements
performed in customer test systems. This information may change, if additional measurement
results are available. This information is only valid, if the system usage is not changed
after the move; intense additional reporting and OLAP processing is not taken into account.
Initial Sizing
For initial (greenfield) sizings, you should use the HANA Quick Sizer.
Productive Sizing
For productive (brownfield) sizings, there are two different approaches possible. The first
approach is very straight forward and can be applied as a first rough assessment, whereas
the second approach (report) is much more detailed and therefore also more reliable. The
recommendation from SAP is to apply the report.
1. Quick and easy approach
If you want to get a first ballpark estimate for your required HANA Main Memory, then you
should first check the size of your current database (use the standard SAP monitoring
tools). An assumption is that your source system is well-maintained and uncompressed. The
recommendation from SAP is that you take half of size of your disk-based database, include a
safety buffer of 20% and add 50 GB fixed size for code, stack and other services. This
means, if the database is currently approximately 2000 GB in size (tables plus indexes), the
maximum memory consumption will be 1250 GB (2000 GB/2 * 1,2 + 50 GB).
You should not forget to consider your future data growth into your planning. SAP doesn't
expect changes in memory requirements for applications using liveCache. If you are using SAP
HANA Enterprise Search, you should add 20% memory resources on top.
If you want to estimate the HANA CPU requirements, then you should identify the CPU
consumption of the database. You can for example look at the CPU consumption of the database
process(es) using SAP's monitoring tools. To fully support the parallel processing
capabilities of HANA for optimal response times for analytical applications SAP prefers a
factor of 3 more CPU power for HANA than for disk based databases without parallelization of
single statements. This also considers the load for running OLTP and Reporting
simultaneously and includes a moderate use of SAP HANA Enterprise Search. Extensive usage of
SAP HANA Enterprise Search capabilities might require additional CPU resources.
To give a prediction regarding the required HANA disk space (or: total net disk space), you
have to take into consideration the net data size on disk (anyDB) and the disk space
required for Delta Merges. During a Delta Merge, the affected tables are temporarily
duplicated on disk for a short period of time. The disk space for merges is calculated by
taking the sum of the two biggest tables and include this value into the calculation. On
top, you should add 25GB for the space required by the statistics server, HANA metadata,
etc. The final calculation looks as follows:
HANA disk space (Total Net Disk Space) = (Net Data Size anyDB + Disk Space for Merges) / 4
(compression) * 1,2 (20% safety buffer) + 25GB
If you are using SAP HANA Enterprise Search, you should add 20% disk resources on top.
More information regarding SAP HANA Storage Requirements can be found in SAP
note 1900823 (see attachment).
Please note that SAP doesn't expect any changes concerning CPU, memory and network
requirements for the ABAP application server. This means that the existing hardware and
network infrastructure can still be used.
2. Sizing report for a more accurate sizing
Please refer to SAP Note 1872170 (Suite on HANA memory sizing), if you want to do a HANA
memory sizing of an already productive system. This SAP Note implements a report to estimate
the memory space requirement for the database tables of Suite on HANA systems. The program
runs on non-HANA systems and is the preferred choice to size an already productive system.
Please note that both further experiences from existing, productive HANA customers as well
as optimizations in HANA may lead to changes regarding the sizing procedure for Suite on
HANA.
Attributes
Key Value
Other Components SAP HANA > SAP HANA Database (HAN-DB)
Software Components
Software Component From To And subsequent
SAP_APPL 606 606
SAP_APPL 616 616
SAP_APPL 617 617
SCM 702 702
SCM 712 712
BBPCRM 702 702
BBPCRM 712 712
This document refers to
SAP Note/KBA Component Title
1900823 HAN-DB SAP HANA Storage Connector API
1872170 XX-SER-SIZING ABAP on HANA sizing report (S/4HANA, Suite on HANA...)
1723135 BC-EHP-INS Resource requirements for SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 EHP6
1637145 HAN-DB SAP BW on HANA: Sizing SAP In-Memory Database
1514966 HAN-DB SAP HANA 1.0: Sizing SAP In-Memory Database
This document is referenced by
SAP Note/KBA Component Title
2943225 Scalability and throughput of S/4HANA in large customer installations
2656575 HAN-DB SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS 04 Release Note
2551355 HAN-DB SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS 03 Release Note
2043509 HAN-LM-INS SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver Java on a Single Host
1974405 BC-UPG-RDM Resource requirements for SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 EHP7 and EHP8
1953429 HAN-LM-INS SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP on one Server
1872170 XX-SER-SIZING ABAP on HANA sizing report (S/4HANA, Suite on HANA...)
1514966 HAN-DB SAP HANA 1.0: Sizing SAP In-Memory Database
1637145 HAN-DB SAP BW on HANA: Sizing SAP In-Memory Database
1723135 BC-EHP-INS Resource requirements for SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 EHP6
