Infrastructure License Design
A critical decision SAP customers must make early in their SAP S/4HANA project is which deployment option—on-premise, cloud, or hybrid model—best fits their existing landscape and organisational requirements.
Xactitud delineates complex technical details into succinct, fact-based recommendations based on your requirements, ensuring you select the optimal deployment model.
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As of September 2024, the following deployment options are available to SAP customers. Each offers unique advantages depending on the specific needs of an organisation, whether it’s control, flexibility, cost, or speed of deployment:
- On-Premise Deployment: Offers the highest level of control but requires significant investment in hardware, software and IT resources.
- Private Cloud Deployment: Balances the cost-efficiency of the cloud with the control of on-premise, but requires careful management of cloud operations.
- Public Cloud Deployment: Fit-to-standard and limited customisation options in exchange for a lower cost and rapid deployment.
- Hybrid Deployment: Combines elements of on-premise, private, and public cloud deployments.
Challenges
Selecting Deployment Model
Decide between on-premise, cloud, or hybrid deployment recognising that each option has its own set of sizing requirements and considerations.
Technical Sizing Considerations
Comprehend how future needs and business growth projections compare against existing workloads and the extent to which scalability will be critical.
Organisational Requirements
Ensure the chosen infrastructure aligns with security and compliance policies and high availability, disaster recovery and backup needs.
Sizing Tools
Get a grasp of what SAP tools can support you during the different stages of your migration journey, e.g. SAP Quick Sizer vs. SAP Readiness Check.
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Xactitud specialists support its SAP customers in selecting a suitable deployment option.
- A feasibility assessment of each available deployment option, citing the benefits and challenges with each.
- Analysis of current workloads identifying CPU, memory, storage, and network usage optimisation potential.
- Evaluation of the current hardware, software, network, and storage capabilities, identifying any existing bottlenecks that require adjustment.
- The consideration of peak workloads, seasonality fluctuations, and the need for scaling and elasticity when shaping the infrastructure design.
- A modelled ‘to be’ infrastructure design considering the planned organisational changes and projected business growth.
- An assessment of requirements for high availability, disaster recovery and backup and include them in the sizing calculations.
- Customer enablement sessions on how to best use, generate and interpret reports from SAP's migration tools.
- Testing performed in a simulated or staged environment to validate the sizing.
- A check that the sizing aligns with budget constraints and offers the best value for the investment.
Benefits
Risk Mitigation
Comprehensive planning helps address potential risks upfront and reduces the likelihood of delays and unbudgeted costs.
Cost Efficiencies
A well defined strategy optimises expenses and avoids unbudgeted costs and costly and complex resizing exercises at a later date.
Optimal Performance
Tailoring infrastructure to specific business requirements leads to enhanced performance of SAP S/4HANA and improved productivity.
Seamless Integration
Proper planning ensures a smooth integration process and minimises disruptions and downtime to existing workflows.
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