Changes in the “SAP prozessor capacity currency” approaching fast ….
In the past the capacity currency has been SAPS (out of SD benchmark) for a SAP database or application server… Now, more and more, and as well with the current versions of the SAP migration sizing reports e.g. ABAP SAP Note 1872170 show the “new currency” aSAPS (advanced SAPS) based now on Q2C benchmark with SAP HANA database. In our IBM Cloud already SAP certified SAP HANA profiles with aSAPS and SAPS are available e.g. starting with small PowerVS VMs/LPARs with 256 GB, 6 Cores, 47.500 SAPS / 9800 aSAPS up to large PowerVS VMs/LPARs with 30,5 TB, 229 Cores and 307.000 aSAPS…