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This EXCEL file identifies the number of necessary disks for a given SAP environment.
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SAP & Storage tab: The green area can be edited, the other areas are protected

The other tabs are edit protected, to not overwrite data accidental.
SAP Tap: Fill in the SAPS, Capacity & Mirroring requirements for every SAP system
If you do not have the SAPS APP/DB split, but just the summary, split up the summary into a 4:1 (App:DB) ratio. (10

If you do have the real IO/s of the DB server (from iostat or nmon tool) fill them in !!! -- instead of
!!! If you have filled in the IO/s number SAPS will be ignored. To use SAPS the IO/s field must be
Storage tab: Select the storage system you want to configure, and if SVC should be used in addition.
Select the additional options, as described below.
Results are showed in Storage tab
Options Storage tab:

The final results are displayed on column to the right. Some restrictions may

Recommended Settings:

Dedicated Pools = "Y", Easy Tier = A, Put Prod on SSD = "A", RAID = "A
Growth Performance = 20%, Growth Capacity = 30%, Utilization = 95%

Use IBM Flash Storage

Enables the usage of FlashSystem. If set, Easy Tier , Prod on SSD and "Us
SVC is needed to integrate FlashSystem with other Storage like V7000 or XI

Storage Pools

SAPmagic works with 4 storage pools, PRImary, PROduction and QA (Qual

The PRI pools stores all SAP data (SAP Production, QA, Dev/Test, Educatio
Then SAP Production application will be stored in the PROD pool; SAP QA a

Dedicated Drives

If customer wants to have PROD or QA on dedicated drives; only for Storage

Easy Tier

No, Yes, Automatic -- Only for Storage systems supporting Easy Tier, else va

Prod on SSD/Flash
Put high performance PROD systems
completely on SSD

Put high performance PRODuction DB completely on SSD (Flash), no Easy

Only if storage system supports to create volumes dedicated on SSD, else fl
Automatic: Put high perf. Prod systems on SSD, only if the total number o
Yes
: Put all high perf. Prod systems on SSD/Flash
Force
: Put all Prod systems on SSD/Flash
What PROD systems to put on SSD/Flash are listed under the SSD pool

Current / Targe DB version

Please select the current DB used by the customer, and the target DB versio
If customer is not going to change the DB version (no migration) then both en

Mirror DB
(SAP tab, Column G)
Growth rates
Max. Storage Utilization
SVC Stretched Cluster
(SVC split IO group)

Mirrors the selected DB, if one or more mirrors are defined the secondary sit
(The mirror can be created via e.g.: LVM, storage system (Metro/Global), Sh
This flag will be overwritten if SVC stretched cluster is set to yes
Specify the growth rate for Performance and Capacity

Defines the max utilization of the storage system, used for capacity & perform
SVC can be defined as HA Cluster: Stretched Cluster / Split IO Group. By do
SAND, Educ, other) Implies VDISK mirroring for all DB in that pool
If this his flag is set to YES it overwrites the individual mirror settings in colum

RAID 5 / RAID 10

Automatic, RAID 5, RAID 10.

Applies only to HDD and storage systems with RAID configurations. SSD are
Recommended setting: A

Select HDD / XIV modules / SSD

Automatic, or supported HDD/SSD types. If needed, a specific HDD / XIV mo

DS8000 Drive Set

16 Disks configured as 2 RAIDs

DB placements into pools depending on

"Dedicated drive" setting"
Dedicated Drives

Pools
QA
N
N
Y
Y

Prod
N
Y
N
Y

Primary
Prod, QA, DEV, ...
QA,DEV, ...
Prod, DEV, ...
DEV, ...

Prod
Prod
Prod

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ght. Some restrictions may apply, e.g. If you select dedicated drives for QA, but not for PROD, QA will be set to no.

on SSD = "A", RAID = "A"

= 30%, Utilization = 95%

Tier , Prod on SSD and "Use SVC" are set to Yes

er Storage like V7000 or XIV

PROduction and QA (Quality Assurance), and optional SSD (Flash) to put entire prod DB onto.
on, QA, Dev/Test, Education application), except for Prod and QA if dedicated drives are selected ==>
the PROD pool; SAP QA application will be stored in the QA pool.

ted drives; only for Storage systems supporting dedicated disks, else value will be ignored (e.g. XIV).

upporting Easy Tier, else value will be ignored (e.g. XIV).

y on SSD (Flash), no Easy Tier. This could beneficial if IO/s per TB is very high, e.g. 50.000 IO/s for a DB size of 2 TB.
s dedicated on SSD, else flag will be ignored. Values: No, Automatic, Yes, Force :
D, only if the total number of disks (SSD & HDD) decreases
SSD/Flash

ed under the SSD pool

er, and the target DB version to be used. This will calculate the Performance gain, as well as the new storage capacity demand.
(no migration) then both enties must be the same

e defined the secondary site is configured

system (Metro/Global), Shadow DB, )
er is set to yes
acity

used for capacity & performance, default is 95%.

ster / Split IO Group. By doing so you can decide witch SAP application groups should be mirrored: 1) Prod, 2) QA, 3) All other (Dev,
all DB in that pool
dual mirror settings in column "G".

AID configurations. SSD are configured RAID 5 always

ed, a specific HDD / XIV module / SSD type can be selected. Recommended setting: A

QA

QA
QA

be set to no.

DB size of 2 TB.

torage capacity demand.

Prod, 2) QA, 3) All other (Dev,

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SAP Systems
App
Type
ERP
ERP
ERP
ERP
CRM
CRM
CRM
CRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SCM
SCM
SCM
SCM
BW
BW
BW
BW
Portal
Portal
Portal
Portal
PLM
PLM
PLM
PLM
Other
Other
Other
Other
SolMan
SolMan
SolMan
SolMan
ID A
ID A
ID A
ID A
ID B
ID B
ID B
ID B
ID C
ID C
ID C
ID C

Usage Type
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/

Performance / Capacity / Mirror Input / 1K=1024 1K=1000

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SAPS
App Server
60,000
20,000
10,000
5,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
50,000
50,000
5,000

SAPS
DB Server
20,000
8,000
2,000
1,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
30,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
50,000
50,000
5,000

IO/s
DB Server
15,000

ID D
ID D
ID D
ID D

Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
338,000

42165

41729

30

274,000

15,000

SUM

Ratio
App:DB

/ 1K=1024 1K=1000
TBi
Capacity
2.0
2.0
2.0
10.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
5.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
5.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0

Mirror

Mirrored
N
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N
n
N
N
N

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

80,000
28,000
12,000
6,000
60,000
20,000
10,000
2,000
60,000
20,000
10,000
2,000
60,000
20,000
10,000
2,000
100,000
100,000
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

IO/s
3.0
2.5
5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

TB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

IO/s with
mirror
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

n
N
N
N
64.0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
612,000

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6

0
0
0
0
0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0

TB with
mirror

IO/s with
growth
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

TB with
growth
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

IO/s with
utilisation
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

TB with
utilisation
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

Target Pool
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/
Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

Prod
QA
Dev
SAND/ Educ/

Storage Type
Use SVC
Use IBM Flash Storage for Easy Tier
Dedicated drives/pool for Prod [Y/N]
Dedicated drives/pool for Q/A [Y/N]
Easy Tier for Prod [Y,N,A]
Easy Tier for QA [Y,N,A]
Put very high performance PROD systems completely on SSD/Flash
Growth rate Performance [0-100%]
Growth rate Capacity [0-100%]
Current DB (compression) Version used
Target DB (compression) Version to be used
Storage System utilization, performance [80-100%]
Storage System utilization, capacity [80-100%]
HDD RAID configuration
HDD / Module Type selection
SSD Type selection
SVC Stretch Cluster: Mirror Prod
SVC Stretch Cluster: Mirror QA
SVC Stretch Cluster: Mirror DEV, SAND, Educ .

DS8870 8/16 cores

XIV Gen3
V7000
V5000
V3700
Flash 840

N
Flash 840
Flash 820
Flash 720

A
SAS 10K, 300GB, 2.5"
SAS 10K, 600GB, 2.5"
SAS 10K, 900GB, 2.5"
SAS 10K, 1.2 TB, 2.5"
SAS 15k, 300GB, 2.5"

A
Y
F
N
Y
N
A

A
RAID 5
RAID 10

0) no compression
1) DB2 V 9.7
2) DB2 V10.1
3) DB2 V10.5
4) Oracle 11g
5) MS SQL 2008+

0) no compression
1) DB2 V 9.7
2) DB2 V10.1
3) DB2 V10.5
4) Oracle 11g
5) MS SQL 2008+

A
SSD, 200GB, 2.5"
SSD, 400GB, 2.5"
SSD, 800GB, 2.5"

Result
V7000
N

Number of SVC nodes (pairs)

Flash 840

Number of storage systems per site:

Y
Y
A
A

1
True
True
True

Configuration for each system:

A
20%

SAS 10K, 600GB, 2.5"

Number Flash systems per site:
Configuration for each system:
4 TB card (840)

30%
1) DB2 V 9.7

0.5

Configured RAIDs / Modules

2) DB2 V10.1

0.7

per pool, 8 disks per RAID (7+1, 6+1+1)

95%

(DS8000: 2 RAID pairs)

95%
A

4 TB card (840)

SAS RAID 10, 600GB, 10k

A
N
N

0
0

Capacity
TB / %

Performance
IO/s / %

ET possible
1.0
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.8
0.8

1.0
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.8
0.8

Needed
Storage

Total needed

V7000
Flash 840
1

0.0

0.0

Primary site

Secondary site

4 (2)
1

SAS 10K, 600GB, 2.5"

224
1

4 TB card (840)

5
Storage Pools

+1)
SSD

Pri

Prod

QA

SSD

ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM, BW

11,9 TB

Configured
Storage

0 TB

0 TB

2,4 TB

17

11

Needed
Flash

Configured
Flash

67.2

0%

0.0

16.3

0%

42,000

0%

208,333

0%

Pri

Prod

1
0

QA

1
0

1
0

1
0

1
0

1
0

Net Input
SUM Basic
APP SAPS
DB SAPS
Total SAPS
Ratio [App/Prod]

All
338,000
274,000
612,000
1.23

Capacity TB
IO/s required

0.0
0
Input with Mirror

Capacity TB
IO/s required

0.0
0
Input with Mirror & Gro

Capacity TB
IO/s required

0.0
0
Input with Mirror, Grow

Capacity TB
IO/s required

ET_LOAD

Prod
0.2
0.8
0.8
0.2

QA
0.2
0.8
0.8
0.2

0.0
0

SUM
0.2 SSD
0.8
0.8 HDD
0.2

TB
IO/s
TB
IO/s

0.0
0
0.0
0

SUM
SUM

TB
IO/s

0.0
0

Dev SAND/ Educ/

30,000
8,000
22,000
4,000
52,000
12,000
1.36
2.00

SSD
0
0
0
0.00

Prod
200,000
160,000
360,000
1.25

QA
100,000
88,000
188,000
1.14

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0
put with Mirror & Growth

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0.0
0
0
put with Mirror, Growth & Utilisation

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

0.0
0

put with Mirror

0.0
0

SSD

0.0
0

Prod
0.0
0

QA
0.0
0
0.0
0

Pri
0.0
0
0.0
0

Prod
0.0
0
0.0
0

QA
0.0
0
0.0
0

0.0
0
0.0
0

DEV+EDU

0.0
0

This tab configures IBM Storage Systems for SAP HANA TDI systems.
In column B please specify your landscape:

The HANA performance does not depend on the DATA storage system (and limited on the LOG s
The DATA storage type just effects boot up (load) performance.
Select the types of storage systems, SVC usage, number of HANA nodes and RAM per HANA node.
IF SVC stretched cluster is used the configured storage systems (and capacity) will be doubled due to mirroring.
SAP requires DATA capacity = 3 * RAM capacity, and LOG capacity = 1 * RAM capacity
All HDD needs to be configured as RAID 5 (7+1)
The max load speed per node has been set to 1.5 GByte/s ==> a 4TB system needs minimum 20 minutes to load

First choose "SAP certification", then "Load time", then "Use SVC", then "Storage type for DATA

SAP certified storage configuration required ?

(Yes, Prod KPI, non Prod)

Yes

SAP HANA load-time goal in minutes:

(load time 10 - 240 min)

30

Use SVC

Stretched-Cluster

Storage type for DATA

Storwize V7000

Storage type for LOG

FlashSystem 840

Type of Disk/Module for DATA

HDD 10K, 1.2 TB, 2.5" V

Type of Disk/Module for LOG

4 TB 840

Number of HANA nodes

RAM per HANA node [in GB]

4
2,000

HDD
HDD
HDD
HDD

10K,
10K,
10K,
10K,

1.2 TB, 2.5" V

900GB, 2.5" V
600GB, 2.5" V
300GB, 2.5" V

mited on the LOG storage system).

e.
to mirroring.

minutes to load

orage type for DATA", then "Storage Type for LOG"

1
Expected:

28
Number of SVC nodes (pairs)

Storwize V7000
FlashSystem 840

Number of Storage Systems for DATA

Number of disks (modules) per Storage System for DATA
Number of Storage Systems for LOG
Number of disk (modules) per Storage System for LOG
Load Speed per node MB/s (approx.)

4 TB 840

Storwize V7000
Storwize V7000
Storwize V5000
FlashSystem 840
Storwize V3700 Turbo FlashSystem 820
XIV Gen 3
DS8870
FlashSystem 840
FlashSystem 820

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