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SAP HANA certified instances on IBM Power Virtual Server

SAP HANA certified instances on IBM Power Virtual Server

A SAP HANA certified instance or profile on IBM Power Virtual Server defines attributes, such as physical CPU cores and RAM, which determine the size and performance capabilities of the virtual server instance.

SAP HANA Profile Naming Convention

Provision SAP HANA on IBM Power Virtual Servers by selecting one of the certified profiles.

SAP HANA profile names follow a contextual and sequential naming convention. The following table illustrates an example of an SAP HANA certified instance profile:

Profile naming scheme for SAP HANA
Profile name Naming convention component Description
sh2-33x1900 sh2 Profile prefix
- separator
33 33 physical CPU Cores
x separator
1900 1900 GiB RAM

Refer to SAP Note 2947579 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Virtual Servers for up-to-date information on certified SAP HANA profiles.

Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) on IBM Power for SAP HANA

SAP HANA profiles for Power servers operate in SMT4 or SMT8 mode. Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) on IBM Power enables multiple independent threads to execute within a single physical processor core.

  1. In SMT4 mode, four parallel threads can run on a single physical processor core. The operating system sees four logical processors per physical processor core.
  2. In SMT8 mode, eight parallel threads can run on a single physical processor core. The operating system sees eight logical processors per physical processor core.

IBM Power10 Certified Instances for SAP HANA

The following table lists available profile families for IBM Power10 processor-based servers:

Profile families for Power10 server generation
Families Description
Profiles with sr2 prefix Profiles with the prefix sr2 are custom profiles that support selection of any combination of physical CPU cores and memory. Combinations that are certified by SAP for productive usage are documented in SAP Note 2947579 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Virtual Servers and in SAP HANA hardware directory. Custom profiles may be deployed through CLI or API only.
Profiles with sh2 prefix Profiles with the prefix sh2 support HANA database sizes up to 1900 GiB.

sr2 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix sr2 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P10 Certified Instance profiles with sr2 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
sr2-7x256 7 28 256 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sr2-7x384 7 28 384 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sr2-14x512 14 56 512 84,000 SMT4 OLTP
sr2-14x740 14 56 740 84,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-12x950 12 48 950 72,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-24x1024 24 96 1,024 144,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-12x1450 12 48 1,450 72,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-24x1536 24 96 1,536 144,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-25x1900 25 200 1,900 190,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-22x2950 22 88 2,950 132,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-35x3000 35 280 3,000 266,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-40x3072 40 160 3,072 240,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-35x3900 35 280 3,900 266,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-35x4450 35 140 4,450 210,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-87x6000 87 696 6,000 661,200 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-80x6144 80 640 6,144 608,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-64x6144 64 256 6,144 384,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-87x7000 87 696 7,000 661,200 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-87x7600 87 696 7,600 661,200 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-80x9216 80 320 9,216 480,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-80x12288 80 320 12,288 480,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-80x14400 80 320 14,400 480,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sr2-165x30500 165 1,320 30,500 1,254,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP/OLTP scale-out (up to 4 nodes)
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sr2 prefix
sr2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
sr2-7x256 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sr2-7x384 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sr2-14x512 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 64 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sr2-14x740 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 92 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sr2-12x950 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-24x1024 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-12x1450 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-24x1536 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-25x1900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-22x2950 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-35x3000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-40x3072 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-35x3900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-35x4450 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-87x6000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-64x6144 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-80x6144 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-87x7000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-87x7600 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-80x9216 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-80x12288 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-80x14400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-165x30500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sr2 prefix
sr2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
sr2-7x256 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 103 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sr2-7x384 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 154 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sr2-14x512 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 206 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sr2-14x740 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 298 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sr2-12x950 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-24x1024 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-12x1450 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-24x1536 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-25x1900 8,000 4 x 765 GB Tier 3 9,180
sr2-22x2950 8,000 4 x 1188 GB Tier 3 14,256
sr2-35x3000 8,000 4 x 1208 GB Tier 3 14,499
sr2-40x3072 8,000 4 x 1237 GB Tier 3 14,844
sr2-35x3900 8,000 4 x 1570 GB Tier 3 18,846
sr2-35x4450 8,000 4 x 1792 GB Tier 3 21,504
sr2-87x6000 8,000 4 x 2416 GB Tier 3 28,998
sr2-64x6144 8,000 4 x 2474 GB Tier 3 29,691
sr2-80x6144 8,000 4 x 2474 GB Tier 3 29,691
sr2-87x7000 8,000 4 x 2819 GB Tier 3 33,831
sr2-87x7600 8,000 4 x 3060 GB Tier 3 36,729
sr2-80x9216 8,000 4 x 3711 GB Tier 3 44,538
sr2-80x12288 8,000 4 x 4948 GB Tier 3 59,385
sr2-80x14400 8,000 4 x 5799 GB Tier 3 69,594
sr2-165x30500 8,000 4 x 12283 GB Tier 3 147,405
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sr2 prefix
sr2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
sr2-7x256 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-7x384 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-14x512 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-14x740 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-12x950 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-24x1024 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-12x1450 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-24x1536 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-25x1900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-22x2950 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-35x3000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-40x3072 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-35x3900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-35x4450 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-87x6000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-64x6144 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-80x6144 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-87x7000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-87x7600 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-80x9216 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-80x12288 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-80x14400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-165x30500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

sh2 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix sh2 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P10 Certified Instance profiles with sh2 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
sh2-4x256 4 16 256 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x256 12 48 256 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-7x256 7 28 256 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-4x384 4 16 384 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-7x384 7 28 384 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x384 12 48 384 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-4x512 4 16 512 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-7x512 7 28 512 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x512 12 48 512 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-4x768 4 16 768 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-7x768 7 28 768 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x768 12 48 768 42,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-4x1000 4 16 1,000 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x1000 12 48 1,000 42,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-7x1000 7 28 1,000 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-16x1000 16 64 1,000 96,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-25x1000 25 100 1,000 150,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-4x1500 4 16 1,500 24,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-7x1500 7 28 1,500 42,000 SMT4 OLTP
sh2-12x1500 12 48 1,500 42,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-16x1500 16 64 1,500 96,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-25x1500 25 100 1,500 150,000 SMT4 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-8x1900 8 64 1,900 60,800 SMT8 OLTP
sh2-16x1900 16 128 1,900 121,600 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-25x1900 25 200 1,900 190,000 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
sh2-33x1900 33 264 1,900 250,800 SMT8 OLTP/OLAP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sh2 prefix
sh2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
sh2-4x256 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-7x256 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-12x256 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-4x384 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 48 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-7x384 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 48 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-12x384 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 48 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-4x512 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 64 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-7x512 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 64 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-12x512 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 64 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-4x768 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 96 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-7x768 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 96 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-12x768 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 96 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
sh2-4x1000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-7x1000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-12x1000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-16x1000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-25x1000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-4x1500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-7x1500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-12x1500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-16x1500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-8x1900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sh2-16x1900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-25x1900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
sr2-33x1900 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sh2 prefix
sh2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
sh2-4x256 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 103 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-7x256 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 103 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-12x256 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 103 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-4x384 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 154 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-7x384 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 154 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-12x384 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 154 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-4x512 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 206 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-7x512 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 206 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-12x512 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 206 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-4x768 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 309 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-7x768 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 309 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-12x768 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400 4 x 309 GB
using 'Tier 0'
sh2-4x1000 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-7x1000 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-12x1000 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-16x1000 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-25x1000 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-4x1500 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-7x1500 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-12x1500 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-16x1500 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-8x1900 8,000 4 x 765 GB Tier 3 8,400
sh2-16x1900 8,000 4 x 765 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-25x1900 8,000 4 x 765 GB Tier 3 8,400
sr2-33x1900 8,000 4 x 765 GB Tier 3 8,400
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with sh2 prefix
sh2
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
sh2-4x256 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x256 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x256 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-4x384 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x384 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x384 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-4x512 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x512 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x512 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-4x768 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x768 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x768 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-4x1000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x1000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x1000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-16x1000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-25x1000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-4x1500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-7x1500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-12x1500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-16x1500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-8x1900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sh2-16x1900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-25x1900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
sr2-33x1900 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

IBM Power9 Certified Instances for SAP HANA

The following profile families are available for IBM Power9 processor-based servers.

Profile families for Power9 server generation
Families Description
Profiles with cnp prefix Profiles with the prefix cnp are custom profiles for test or development use only. These profiles are not intended for production use and are not supported or certified for SAP production. Each profile must have minimum of two physical CPU cores.
Profiles with ush1 prefix Profiles with the prefix ush are small profiles and are best suited for balanced workloads that require less CPU and storage consumption.
Profiles with bh1 prefix Profiles with the prefix bh1 are balanced profiles and are best suited for midsize databases and common cloud applications with moderate traffic.
Profiles with ch1 prefix Profiles with the prefix ch1 are compute intensive profiles and are best suited for moderate to high web traffic workloads. Compute profiles are best suited for cpu-intensive workloads, such as heavy web traffic, production batch processing, and front-end web servers.
Profiles with mh1 prefix Profiles with the prefix mh1 are very high memory profiles and are best suited for server OLAP databases, such as SAP NetWeaver.
Profiles with umh prefix Profiles with the prefix umh are ultra memory profiles that provide the highest vCPU-to-memory ratios for serving in-memory OLTP databases, such as SAP HANA.

ush1 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix ush1 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P9 Certified Instance profiles with ush1 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
ush1-4x128 4 32 128 24,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
ush1-4x256 4 32 256 24,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
ush1-4x384 4 32 384 24,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
ush1-4x512 4 32 512 24,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
ush1-4x768 4 32 768 24,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ush1 prefix
ush1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
ush1-4x128 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 16 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
ush1-4x256 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 32 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
ush1-4x384 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 48 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
ush1-4x512 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 64 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
ush1-4x768 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800 4 x 96 GB
using 'Fixed IOPs'
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ush1 prefix
ush1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
(cost effective)
ush1-4x128 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040 4 x 81 GB
using 'Tier 0'
ush1-4x256 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040 4 x 103 GB
using 'Tier 0'
ush1-4x384 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040 4 x 154 GB
using 'Tier 0'
ush1-4x512 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040 4 x 206 GB
using 'Tier 0'
ush1-4x768 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040 4 x 309 GB
using 'Tier 0'
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ush1 prefix
ush1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
ush1-4x128 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ush1-4x256 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ush1-4x384 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ush1-4x512 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ush1-4x768 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

bh1 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix bh1 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P9 Certified Instance profiles with bh1 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
bh1-16x1600 16 128 1,600 96,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
bh1-20x2000 20 160 2,000 120,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-22x2200 22 178 2,200 132,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-25x2500 25 200 2,500 150,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-30x3000 30 240 3,000 180,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-35x3500 35 280 3,500 210,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-40x4000 40 320 4,000 240,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-50x5000 50 400 5,000 300,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-60x6000 60 480 6,000 360,000 SMT8 OLAP/OLTP
bh1-70x7000 70 560 7,000 420,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-80x8000 80 640 8,000 480,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-100x10000 100 800 10,000 600,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-120x12000 120 900 12,000 720,000 SMT8 OLAP
bh1-140x14000 140 1,120 14,000 840,000 SMT8 OLAP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with bh1 prefix
bh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
bh1-16x1600 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-20x2000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-22x2200 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-25x2500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-30x3000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-35x3500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-40x4000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-50x5000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-60x6000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-70x7000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-80x8000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-100x10000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-120x12000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
bh1-140x14000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with bh1 prefix
bh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
bh1-16x1600 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040
bh1-20x2000 8,000 4 x 805 GB Tier 3 9,666
bh1-22x2200 8,000 4 x 886 GB Tier 3 10,632
bh1-25x2500 8,000 4 x 1006 GB Tier 3 12,081
bh1-30x3000 8,000 4 x 1208 GB Tier 3 14,499
bh1-35x3500 8,000 4 x 1409 GB Tier 3 16,914
bh1-40x4000 8,000 4 x 1611 GB Tier 3 19,332
bh1-50x5000 8,000 4 x 2013 GB Tier 3 24,165
bh1-60x6000 8,000 4 x 2416 GB Tier 3 28,998
bh1-70x7000 8,000 4 x 2819 GB Tier 3 33,831
bh1-80x8000 8,000 4 x 3222 GB Tier 3 38,664
bh1-100x10000 8,000 4 x 4027 GB Tier 3 48,330
bh1-120x12000 8,000 4 x 4833 GB Tier 3 19,332
bh1-140x14000 8,000 4 x 5638 GB Tier 3 67,662
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with bh1 prefix
bh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
bh1-16x1600 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-20x2000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-22x2200 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-25x2500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-30x3000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-35x3500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-40x4000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-50x5000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-60x6000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-70x7000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-80x8000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-100x10000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-120x12000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
bh1-140x14000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

ch1 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix ch1 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P9 Certified Instance profiles with ch1 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
ch1-60x3000 60 480 3,000 360,000 SMT8 OLAP
ch1-70x3500 70 560 3,500 420,000 SMT8 OLAP
ch1-80x4000 80 640 4,000 480,000 SMT8 OLAP
ch1-100x5000 100 800 5,000 600,000 SMT8 OLAP
ch1-120x6000 120 900 6,000 720,000 SMT8 OLAP
ch1-140x7000 140 1,120 7,000 840,000 SMT8 OLAP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ch1 prefix
ch1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
ch1-60x3000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
ch1-70x3500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
ch1-80x4000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
ch1-100x5000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
ch1-120x6000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
ch1-140x7000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ch1 prefix
ch1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
ch1-60x3000 8,000 4 x 1208 GB Tier 3 14,499
ch1-70x3500 8,000 4 x 1409 GB Tier 3 16,914
ch1-80x4000 8,000 4 x 1611 GB Tier 3 19,332
ch1-100x5000 8,000 4 x 2013 GB Tier 3 24,165
ch1-120x6000 8,000 4 x 2416 GB Tier 3 28,998
ch1-140x7000 8,000 4 x 2819 GB Tier 3 33,831
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with ch1 prefix
ch1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
ch1-60x3000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ch1-70x3500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ch1-80x4000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ch1-100x5000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ch1-120x6000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
ch1-140x7000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

mh1 - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix mh1 on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P9 Certified Instance profiles with mh1 prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
mh1-8x1440 8 64 1,440 48,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-10x1800 10 80 1,800 60,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-12x2160 12 96 2,160 72,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-16x2880 16 128 2,880 96,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-20x3600 20 160 3,600 120,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-22x3960 22 176 3,960 132,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-25x4500 25 200 4,500 150,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-30x5400 30 240 5,400 180,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-35x6300 35 280 6,300 210,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-40x7200 40 320 7,200 240,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-50x9000 50 400 9,000 300,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-60x10800 60 460 10,800 360,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-70x12600 70 560 12,600 420,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-80x14400 80 640 14,400 480,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-90x16200 90 720 16,200 540,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-100x18000 100 800 18,000 600,000 SMT8 OLAP
mh1-125x22500 125 1,000 22,500 750,000 SMT8 OLAP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with mh1 prefix
mh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
mh1-8x1440 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-10x1800 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-12x2160 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-16x2880 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-20x3600 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-22x3960 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-25x4500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-30x5400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-35x6300 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-40x7200 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-50x9000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-60x10800 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-70x12600 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-80x14400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-90x16200 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-100x18000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
mh1-125x22500 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with mh1 prefix
mh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
mh1-8x1440 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040
mh1-10x1800 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040
mh1-12x2160 8,000 4 x 869 GB Tier 3 10,437
mh1-16x2880 8,000 4 x 1159 GB Tier 3 13,917
mh1-20x3600 8,000 4 x 1449 GB Tier 3 17,397
mh1-22x3960 8,000 4 x 1594 GB Tier 3 19,137
mh1-25x4500 8,000 4 x 1812 GB Tier 3 21,747
mh1-30x5400 8,000 4 x 2174 GB Tier 3 26,097
mh1-35x6300 8,000 4 x 2537 GB Tier 3 30,447
mh1-40x7200 8,000 4 x 2899 GB Tier 3 34,797
mh1-50x9000 8,000 4 x 3624 GB Tier 3 43,497
mh1-60x10800 8,000 4 x 4349 GB Tier 3 51,194
mh1-70x12600 8,000 4 x 5074 GB Tier 3 60,894
mh1-80x14400 8,000 4 x 5799 GB Tier 3 69,594
mh1-90x16200 8,000 4 x 6524 GB Tier 3 78,294
mh1-100x18000 8,000 4 x 7249 GB Tier 3 86,994
mh1-125x22500 8,000 4 x 9061 GB Tier 3 108,741
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with mh1 prefix
mh1
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
mh1-8x1440 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-10x1800 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-12x2160 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-16x2880 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-20x3600 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-22x3960 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-25x4500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-30x5400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-35x6300 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-40x7200 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-50x9000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-60x10800 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-70x12600 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-80x14400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-90x16200 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-100x18000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
mh1-125x22500 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

umh - Certified Profiles

The following SAP HANA profiles with prefix umh on IBM Power Virtual Server are supported:

P9 Certified Instance profiles with umh prefix
Profile name CPU cores Virtual CPUs Memory (GiB) SAPS SMT Mode Workload Type
umh-4x960 4 32 960 24,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-6x1440 6 48 1,440 36,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-8x1920 8 64 1,920 48,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-10x2400 10 80 2,400 60,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-12x2880 12 96 2,880 72,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-16x3840 16 128 3,840 96,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-20x4800 20 160 4,800 120,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-22x5280 22 176 5,280 132,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-25x6000 25 200 6,000 150,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-30x7200 30 240 7,200 180,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-35x8400 35 280 8,400 210,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-40x9600 40 320 9,600 240,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-50x12000 50 400 12,000 300,000 SMT8 OLTP
umh-60x14400 60 480 14,400 360,000 SMT8 OLTP
Sample log file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with umh prefix
umh
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
umh-4x960 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-6x1440 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-8x1920 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-10x2400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-12x2880 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-16x3840 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-20x4800 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-22x5280 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-25x6000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-30x7200 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-35x8400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-40x9600 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-50x12000 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
umh-60x14400 12,000 4 x 128 GB Tier 0 12,800
Sample data file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with umh prefix
umh
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
umh-4x960 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040
umh-6x1440 8,000 4 x 670 GB Tier 3 8,040
umh-8x1920 8,000 4 x 773 GB Tier 3 9,279
umh-10x2400 8,000 4 x 966 GB Tier 3 11,598
umh-12x2880 8,000 4 x 1159 GB Tier 3 13,917
umh-16x3840 8,000 4 x 1546 GB Tier 3 18,558
umh-20x4800 8,000 4 x 1933 GB Tier 3 23,196
umh-22x5280 8,000 4 x 2126 GB Tier 3 25,518
umh-25x6000 8,000 4 x 2416 GB Tier 3 28,998
umh-30x7200 8,000 4 x 2899 GB Tier 3 34,797
umh-35x8400 8,000 4 x 3383 GB Tier 3 40,596
umh-40x9600 8,000 4 x 3866 GB Tier 3 46,395
umh-50x12000 8,000 4 x 4833 GB Tier 3 57,996
umh-60x14400 8,000 4 x 5799 GB Tier 3 69,594
Sample shared file system configurations for SAP HANA profiles with umh prefix
umh
Certified profile
IOPs
required
Sample
storage config
Sample
storage tier
IOPs
obtained
Alternative configuration
umh-4x960 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-6x1440 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-8x1920 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-10x2400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-12x2880 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-16x3840 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-20x4800 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-22x5280 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-25x6000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-30x7200 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-35x8400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-40x9600 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-50x12000 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'
umh-60x14400 3,000 1 x 200 GB Tier 0 5,000 1 x 1000 GB
using 'Tier 3'

cnp - Custom Profiles

IBM Power Virtual Servers provide fully customizable CPU cores and memory (RAM in GiB). Configure a virtual server instance by specifying a custom size for the IBM Power Virtual Server profile, following SAP HANA for IBM Power Systems best practices and SAP’s guidance for non-production SAP HANA instances.

Custom profiles are designed exclusively for non-production development or testing purposes. These profiles are not intended, supported, or certified for SAP production environments and cannot be used to move from a non-production environment to a production environment.

Each profile requires a minimum of two dedicated cores. For storage performance requirements, refer to the Storage Guidelines for SAP HANA. For additional details on storage, refer to the storage tiers section section in the What is a Power Systems Virtual Server? documentation.

For more details, refer to SAP Note 2947579 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Virtual Servers.