Measuring SAP landscapes precisely and dimensioning them accurately
Finding the right configuration has always been an extremely difficult task. Fujitsu offers the SystemInspection service suite for SAP solutions, an analysis and consulting package for SAP infrastructure environments. As part of the service, customers receive a complete insight into the current workload, performance and associated resource consumption. They also receive guidance on how to optimize SAP landscapes in accordance with the required service levels.
Whether it's a complete cloud migration, introducing a hybrid landscape or switching to SAP S/4HANA - SAP transformation projects present companies with immense challenges. It is extremely helpful to carry out a detailed inventory as a first step: What is the performance of the SAP systems like? Are capacities being utilized precisely? Does the dimensioning correspond to actual requirements? If IT managers know the answers to these questions, they can optimally prepare for the SAP transformation and successfully launch the corresponding projects.
However, such an evaluation of the SAP system landscape is time-consuming and ties up internal personnel resources. To relieve the burden on IT departments and achieve high-quality results, Fujitsu provides support with the SystemInspection Service. This includes qualified consulting as well as an in-depth analysis and measurement of existing SAP infrastructures based on artificial intelligence (AI). This involves collecting detailed performance data that provides a clear, realistic and meaningful picture of the current status.
The results can be used for general optimization of the SAP systems, including identifying weak points, adjusting capacities and maximizing performance. It is important to note that no user-based master or transaction data is recorded, only statistical metadata on operation, performance and capacity utilization. This makes the process fully GDPR-compliant.
Purchasing organization benefits from measuring SAP systems
How companies can benefit from this in practice is shown by the application of the SystemInspection Service This was the case at ESA, the purchasing organization for the Swiss automotive industry, which had its entire SAP landscape precisely measured over a period of several months using the Fujitsu tool. The organization wanted to ensure optimal, cost- and resource-efficient dimensioning of its SAP systems. Another aim was to effectively prevent potential performance bottlenecks caused by seasonal load peaks.
Fujitsu has developed the SAP SystemInspection Service carried out a thorough system and health check of the entire SAP landscape. In addition, detailed performance and capacity tests were carried out under real workloads. The result was exactly what ESA's IT managers wanted: the comprehensive audit report confirmed that the systems performed very well, even under peak loads, and that the entire SAP infrastructure had been dimensioned precisely and efficiently in terms of resources. The IT management now has the reassuring certainty that the systems meet all requirements.
Identify optimal locations for SAP instances
In addition to the SystemInspection Service Fujitsu also offers another solution for optimizing the SAP landscape: Fujitsu BestPlace for SAP Workload enables companies to specifically identify the optimal locations for SAP instances - regardless of industry and company size. All SAP workloads on any infrastructure are analyzed, whether in the company's own data center or in the cloud.
The service provides data-driven decision support for the important consideration of which operating environments are best suited for specific SAP workloads. Based on customer-specific requirements, existing constraints, measured workloads, resource requirements and cost estimates, a placement recommendation is provided for each SAP system evaluated.
More about the use of SystemInspection and BestPlace for successful business optimization and cloud transformation in Fujitsu's Expert Talk, which took place as part of the SAP User Summit at the IT Online Conference.
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