VMware SDDC certified profiles for SAP HANA
Profiles list
The published names are subject to change.
The following table is an overview of the SAP-certified profiles with either:
- Intel Bare Metal and VMware vSphere (ESXi), manual VMware setup and configuration
- IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Dedicated, automated VMware SDDC setup and configuration
| Profile | CPU Cores | CPU Threads (also known as. vCPU) | Memory (RAM GB) | SAPS (after VMware hypervisor 10%) | SAP HANA Processing Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI.S3.H2.192 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 192 GB | 70,965 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S3.H2.384 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 384 GB | 71,487 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S3.H2.768 (VMware) | 36 | 72 | 768 GB | 71,667 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H2.192 (VMware) | 32 | 64 | 192 GB | 74,223 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H2.384 (VMware) | 32 | 64 | 384 GB | 76,617 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H2.768 (VMware) | 40 | 80 | 768 GB | 101,547 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H2.1500 (VMware) | 56 | 112 | 1536 GB | 132,498 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H2.3000 (VMware) | 56 | 112 | 3072 GB | 121,614 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H4.3000 (VMware) | 112 | 224 | 3072 GB | 257,373 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H4.6000 (VMware) | 112 | 224 | 6144 GB | 257,373 | OLAP/OLTP |
| BI.S4.H8.6000 (VMware) | 224 | 448 | 6144 GB | 495,603 | OLAP/OLTP |
Understanding Bare Metal profile names
The Bare Metal profile names are contextual and sequential, below uses an SAP HANA certified server as an example:
| Profile name | Naming convention component | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| BI.S3.H8401 | BI | IBM Cloud) Infrastructure |
| S2 | Series 2 (processor generation) \n
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| H | HANA-certified server | |
| 8 | 8-socket server | |
| 4 | 4 TB RAM | |
| 01 | Revision number (00 is launch, 01 is first revision, and so on) | |
| A or B | Available as appliances with preconfigured built-in disks (A) or as boot servers only (B) |