Google Cloud Compute Engine X4 machines
When using Compute Engine X4 machines, maximize SAP S/4HANA performance.
Making the right cloud provider decision is crucial since enterprise workloads, such as SAP S/4HANA, pose special difficulties when moving to the public cloud. SAP HANA, an in-memory database for large SAP deployments, may consume a lot of memory and CPU power, which could cause problems. Companies produce, analyze, and make decisions based on more data than ever, requiring more advanced data analysis, reporting, and algorithms. SAP delivers firms operating and historical data and insights to make smart decisions. This requires computers with lots of memory and processing capacity to process and analyze enormous amounts of data in real time.
X4 machine types were recently introduced in order to satisfy these demands. Specifically designed to meet the rigorous demands of SAP HANA Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) workloads, the Compute Engine X4 machine series. These devices enable enterprises to fully use SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite (ECC) on SAP HANA deployments, and SAP’s Industry Solutions by providing robust performance, scalability, and dependability. SAP BW/4HANA and SAP BW on HANA are two OLAP workloads that X4 is designed to serve.
Unwavering performance in a solution that can grow
Businesses that expand, whether via acquisitions or organic growth, frequently run the risk of running into issues with the SAP HANA system’s CPU and memory limits. This forces companies to use many machines in a scale-out arrangement or improve to larger scale-up machines sooner. Scaling out is a complicated custom procedure that costs money in terms of operations and resources and necessitates redesigning application data and obtaining SAP approvals. For businesses that depend on SAP for mission-critical functions, the anticipated downtime needed for these transfer processes may also be intolerable.
X4 addresses these issues by enabling companies to expand in scale-up mode prior to encountering performance limitations. The X4 can handle the most demanding enterprise SAP HANA workloads and comes with “standard sizing” SAP certification for both SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP. It comes with 16TB, 24TB, and 32TB memory configurations with 960, 1440, and 1920 vCPU cores, respectively.
In addition, Compute Engine X4 have scale-out OLTP certifications for up to four nodes the size of servers, which results in a total of 128 terabytes for S/4HANA use cases, which is more than any other cloud provider could offer. The SAP Benchmark IaaS SAPS result obtained by the X4 16TB machines was more than 8% greater than that of the nearest IaaS cloud. SAP notice 2456432: Logon required is the source.
Google Cloud, the only cloud IaaS provider with a 32TB SAP-certified machine, gives you an easy and affordable cloud-native experience while ensuring that your SAP HANA environment expands with your company demands. How to do it:
Leading-edge computing and storage: Powerful hardware and software optimisations combine to provide the Google Cloud X4 machine family its strength and scalability, making it the industry leader in compute and storage. Strong block storage, scalability, and high performance are provided by integration with Google Cloud Hyperdisk for dedicated, dynamically adjustable read/write operations per second (IOPS) and throughput for each volume up to 5GB per second, Hyperdisk offers significantly better performance than the Persistent Disk’s predecessor. This degree of performance is essential for real-time analytics, databases, and SAP HANA rehydration times, among other applications that need quick access to data. One of the biggest privately maintained networks in the world is also used by X4 machines, providing low-latency performance.
High availability and dependability: One of the main priorities for clients is minimising downtime for SAP applications that are essential to their operations. Compute Engine Memory-Optimized Single Instance SLA for Compute Engine X4 is 99.95%, which is the highest in the business. Together with Hyperdisk, X4 provides quick SAP HANA rehydration (less than 45 minutes for 32TB) to reduce application business process downtime and keep your vital SAP apps operational.
Innovation that boosts performance: Titanium is a hardware and software-based solution that automates a lot of infrastructure-level activities, making management easier while also greatly improving workload performance, efficiency, and security. The CPU of the computer may concentrate on executing SAP HANA apps when Titanium transfers networking and storage tasks to specialised hardware. Best-in-class storage I/O performance (up to 400k IOPS per instance) is made possible by Titanium’s close interaction with Google Cloud’s Hyperdisk block storage service, which goes beyond what regular designs can do.
Improved security and compliance: In addition to supporting Google Cloud’s Assured Workloads, X4 machines come with Google Cloud’s strong security features, such as encryption of data while it’s in transit and at rest and adherence to industry norms and laws. By shifting security-sensitive functions, like as encryption and key management, to specialized hardware with improved security features, Titanium improves security feature performance. This lowers the chance of vulnerabilities, helps clients fulfil their compliance and regulatory obligations, and improves the security posture of workloads.
Simplified cloud-native experience: Compute Engine X4 give SAP S/4 HANA the advantages of a cloud-native architecture, allowing for smooth integration with the ecosystem of Google Cloud and access to a variety of cloud services. A smooth X4 migration experience is another feature that Compute Engine provides. Switching from M2 servers (up to 12 terabytes) to X4 servers is simple. The common procedure for moving to any other Google Cloud server is the same as the migration process from other servers or on-premises setups to X4.
A selection of the service model: Two service model options are available to SAP clients that are moving to Google Cloud. A direct (BYOL) deployment strategy is an option, as is RISE with SAP, which combines SAP and technology ecosystem partners’ technologies and knowledge into a single-contract subscription package.
A major development in SAP HANA infrastructure, Google Cloud’s X4 machines provide excellent performance, scalability, and affordability. Compute Engine X4 enables enterprises to fully realize the potential of their SAP S/4HANA installations and advance digital transformation by integrating with Google Cloud‘s robust ecosystem and offering a cloud-native experience.
