Amazon EC2 High Memory portfolio for SAP HANA (CMP322)

Amazon EC2 High Memory Portfolio for SAP HANA

Key Takeaways:

  1. Introduction to High Memory Instances

    • Designed to run large SAP HANA workloads that require more than 6TB of memory.
    • Continuous innovation from AWS to meet the evolving compute and memory requirements of customers.
  2. Why Customers Move SAP HANA Workloads to AWS EC2 High Memory Instances

    • Significant reduction in procurement, installation, and deployment time of infrastructure.
    • Flexibility to start with the required size and upgrade as needed.
    • Improved availability and resiliency through AWS's global infrastructure and expertise.
    • Delivering performance similar to bare-metal while providing the benefits of virtualization.
  3. EC2 High Memory Instance Portfolio

    • U7I instance: Powered by Intel's latest 4th gen Xeon Scalable processors, supporting 6TB to 32TB of memory.
    • New U7 instance: Powered by a 16-socket HP platform, delivering 1,920 vCPUs and 32TB of memory.
    • Customers can choose between 8-socket (896 vCPUs) or 16-socket (1,920 vCPUs) options for the 32TB instance.
  4. Technical Deep Dive

    • Nitro System: A combination of dedicated hardware and a lightweight hypervisor that enables bare-metal capabilities and eliminates virtualization overhead.
    • Network and storage performance: Dedicated bandwidth and EBS options (e.g., EBS io2 Block Express) for high throughput and low latency.
    • Backup and restore: Using Amazon S3 and the AWS Backup for SAP HANA feature to enable reliable, fast, and high-frequency backups.
    • Instance resizing and capacity reservation: Leveraging on-demand capacity reservations and compute savings plans to ensure access to the required capacity.
  5. SAP's Utilization of EC2 High Memory Instances

    • Powering numerous SAP offerings, including Rise with SAP, S/4HANA Cloud, and others.
    • Collaboration between SAP and AWS to ensure seamless integration and support for the latest hardware advancements.
    • Emphasis on scale, rapid deployment, reliability, performance, and flexibility to meet the diverse needs of SAP customers.

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