Dell|SAP project sizing information

The aim of this sizing form is to provide a structure for entry of the information required to size the required hardware
for an SAP project. The form is based off SAP's Quick Sizer, as are most of the help texts - the text of these are
reproduced from Quick Sizer with permission of SAP. No sizing calculations are generated as part of the form,
SAP's Quick Sizer is used to generate the sizing in SAPS, their standarised load base. The form being provided
as a convenience to enter the required input. SAP might make changes to their Quick Sizer tool that are not
reflected in this form. SAP's service marketplace should be seen as the authoritive place for sizing information
and notes.
Sizing the architecture for a SAP implementation is vital to the success of a SAP implementation.
Sizing is an iterative process and should be revisited as you make discoveries through the phases
of your implementation.
There are two types of sizing that can be performed - a User-Based Sizing or a Transactional-Based
sizing. It is best to provide both user information as well as transactional information to get the most
accurate sizing result.
A user-Based sizing is typical in the beginning of a project, with the mix and usage of modules and users.
Although a user-based sizing can be reflective of what will be seen by production go-live, it is best to
re-visit the sizing with any updated information to verify that the original planned architecture is still valid.
Once transaction information and other particulars are discovered through the various phases of the
implementation, the sizing should be checked to determine if any of these discoveries require any changes
in the architecture design.
The sizing information requested in this document is based on the most current SAP sizing methodology.
Customers that require a sizing for any other solution based on solutions not covered in this SAP Sizing
Request Form should contact their Dell representative or send an email to sap_sizing@dell.com to get
further information.

In areas such as BW's InfoCubes and ODS objects, where more object descriptor lines might be
need than are provided, insert new lines in the appropriate section of the worksheet.

where to get help

If you need help understanding this form please email sap_sizing@dell.com

where to send this Once you have completed the form please email it to sap_sizing@dell.com
This form is designed to reflect SAP's Quick Sizer tool as of March 2006.
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Project information
Company
Address

Primary
Contact name

Phone
email

Secondary
Contact name

Phone
email

Dell customer?
Dell contact name
Start date - PRD
Start date - Pilot
Landscapes
Unicode
Landscape
Production
QAS
DEV
TRN
SBX
Database

Y/N

%PRD DB
100%

Exisiting DB size

Operating system

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Availability
Backup
Backup window
Backup media

High availbility?
Acceptable down
window (Hours)
DR site?
Front End
Windows based GUI
LAN
WAN

Browser GUI

CRM
ERP
Financials
Human resources
PLM
SRM
SCM
Netweaver

Storage
Fibre based storage
Use existing storage array?
SCSI storage
Tape archive?
Backup to disk?

Type

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Project Information

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Existing project in SAP's Quick Sizer

If there is already a project entered in to SAP's Quick Sizer tool then those numbers
do not have to be re-entered on this form.
Customer number
Project name

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Customer Relationship Management

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

User Based sizing

Users of:
Activity Management
Oppurtunity Management
Sales Transactions
Service Transactions
How many of these use the
Interaction Center

Low

Medium

High

Highest number of concurrently active users

Should be less than or equal to the total of the first four lines

Mobile
#Users who synchronise/hour
Internet
#users in Internet Sales

Browse Catalog

Shop/Use basket

Throughput - Standard sizing

Average #orders per year
Internet Sales
Mobile sales & service
Customer Orders
Service Orders

Number

Peak period orders

Internet Sales
Mobile sales & service

Number

Line items

%change

%view

Retention (months)
60

Line items

%change

%view

Retention (months)

0
0
0

Start

End

0
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Customer Orders
Service Orders

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Throughput - Standard sizing (no line items)

Interaction Center activity (per
year)
Activities
Calls & Emails
Opportunities

Peak period
Interaction Center activity
Activities
Calls & Emails
Opportunities

%change
%view
Retention
Low users
Medium users
High users

Number

%change

%view

Retention (months)

Number

%change

%view

Retention (months) Start

End

Hours
0
0
0

The percentage of objects that will be changed during their retention period
The percentage of objects that will be viewed during their retention period. If
each object were viewed two times then that would be 200%
For how many months the objects will remain in the database
Instigate SAP server activity every two minutes
Instigate SAP server activity every thirty seconds
Instigate SAP server activity every ten seconds

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Hours
0
0
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0
0

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Financials

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

CO users
FI users

Throughput - average
Element
CO-PA-BIL
CO-PA-FI
CO-PA-SLS
CO
EC-PCA
FIN-BAC

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak
Element
CO-PA-BIL
CO-PA-FI
CO-PA-SLS
CO
EC-PCA
FIN-BAC

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0
0
0
0

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ERP - FI

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Throughput - background jobs

Element
CO-OM
CO-OM-RATE
CO-OM-SETT

#objects

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Human Capital Management

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

PA users
PD users

Throughput - payroll
Element
HCM-PT
HCM-PY

#objects

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Logistics Execution

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

LE users

Throughput - average
Element
LE-WM
LE-SHP

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak
Element
LE-WM
LE-SHP

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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ERP - Logistics

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Product Development and Execution

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

ALM users
MM users
PP users
PS users
QM users

Throughput - average
Element
ALM-PM
MM-IM
MM-PUR
PP-CONF
PP-REM
PP-SFC
QM-IM

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak
Element
ALM-PM
MM-IM
MM-PUR

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0

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PP-CONF
PP-REM
PP-SFC
QM-IM

0
0
0
0

Throughput - Project System

Element
PS - annual
PS - peak

#objects

WBS

Networks Activities %change

%view

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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ERP - Product Dev Exec

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Throughput - Material Requirements Planning

Element
MRP RUN

Planned orders

Comp
/BOM

Reorder

Nonreorder

PL
horizon

BOM
%Depend
changes -encies

%LTS

Start

End

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Hours
0

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Sales & Service

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

CS users
SD users

Throughput - average
Element
CS-AG
SD-CUST
SD-BIL
SD-POS
SD-SLS

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak
Element
CS-AG
SD-CUST
SD-BIL
SD-POS
SD-SLS

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0
0
0

Throughput - ICM Case processing

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Element
ICM Case - annual
ICM Case - peak

Commcases

RemC

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0

Throughput - ICM Document Posting

Element
ICM Doc - annual
ICM Doc - peak

Documents

RemD

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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Throughput - ICM Settlement

Element
ICM Set - annual
ICM Set - peak

Settlement Items

CommContr

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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Enterprise Resource Planning - Corporate Services

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Throughput - Standard sizing

Element
TV-RECEIPT (annual)
TV-RECEIPT (peak)

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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Supply Chain Management - Demand Planning

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

APO - Planning area sizing

Element
Timeseries

Char/Com Key fig.

Periods

Compression
3

Time

Comp. periods

Planning versions
1

APO - Planning run sizing

Element
Demand Planning Batch run

Char/Com

Time

Start

End

Hours
0

APO - Additional users (peak)

Element
DP Users

#users

Start

End

Hours
0

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Supply Chain Management - Supply & Product Planning

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

APO - Master Data

Element
Master Data

Location products

Resources

APO - Warehouse Stocks

Element
Stock

Objects

APO - Planned Orders

Element
Planned Orders

Objects

Comps

OperationsActivities Alternate Parellel

APO - Sales & Purchase Orders

Element
Forecast Orders
Purchase Orders
Salese Orders
Transfer Orders

Objects

Sub-objects

APO - Planning run sizing (peak)

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Element
SNP Heuristic Planning run

#SKUs

Time buckets

Start

End

Hours
0

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APO - Additional users (peak)

Element
PP Users
SNP Users

#users

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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Supply Chain Management - Order fulfillment

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

APO - Location Products (peak)

Element
ATP-MD

Location products

Start

End

Hours
0

APO - Available to Promise checks

Element
ATP-CP
ATP-Rule
ATP-Simple

Requests

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0

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SCM - Order Fullfillment

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Supply Chain Management - Inventory Hub

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

APO - Location Products (peak)

Element
ICH-MD

Location products

Start

End

Hours
0

APO - Message processing with period

Element
ICH-DS
ICH-PROACT

Messages

Products

Periods

Retention

APO - Message processing with period (peak)

Element
ICH-DS
ICH-PROACT

Messages

Products

Periods

Start

End

Hours
0
0

APO - Message processing

Element
ICH-ASN
ICH-GR

Messages

Products

Periods

Retention

APO - Message processing (peak)

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Element
ICH-ASN
ICH-GR

Messages

Products

Periods

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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SCM - Inventory hub

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Supply Chain Management - ECC integration

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

`
APO - Orders replicated to/from ECC
Element
PI-PROD
PI-SALES
PI-PURCH
PI-STOCK

Objects

line items

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0
0

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SCM - ECC integration

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Supplier Relationship Management

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

CTRCT users
PLAN users
CLASSIC users
Sourcing users
Service users

Throughput - average
Element
SRM-CNTRCT
SRM-PLAN
CLASSIC
EXTENDED
SRM-SERVIC

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak
Element
SRM-CNTRCT
SRM-PLAN
CLASSIC
EXTENDED
SRM-SERVIC

#objects

Items

%change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0
0
0

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Throughput - Strategic Sourcing

Element
Sourcing - annual
Sourcing - peak

Bid invit

items

%change

%view

Retention

Start

End

Hours
0
0

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SRM

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Industry solutions - Insurance

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Throughput Based sizing

Element
Account statements
Dunnings
Insurance invoices

Number

Items

%change

%view

Element
Account statements
Dunnings
Insurance invoices

Number

Items

Start

End

Retention (months)
60

Hours
0
0
0

Throughput - Subledger
Element
UTIL-MD-01

Postings

BP items

GL items (posting)

Payments

GL items (payments)

Retention

Throughput - no line items

Element
Broker report items
CD-PL payment lots
PAY-EXE payment plan exec
PAY-TRANS
PAY-RUN

Number %change

%view

Retention (months)
60

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Element
Broker report items
CD-PL payment lots
PAY-EXE payment plan exec
PAY-TRANS
PAY-RUN

Number

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0
0
0

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Throughput - Background Processes

Element
ACC-BAL

Objects

Start

End

Hours
0

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Industry solutions - utilities

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Throughput - Master Data (mandatory)

Element
UTIL-MD-01

Billing

Budget

Partial

Partial line

Consumption

Info

Contracts

Taxes

Contr acct

Meters

Throughput - Master Data (optional)

Element
UTIL-MD-02

Business Partners

Overdue notices

Deposits

Customer Contacts

Retention

Throughput - Background Processes

Element
UTIL-BP

Business Partners

Start

Days

End

Hours
0

Throughput Based sizing

Average #orders per year
Customer overviews
Customer Contacts
Move In
Move Out

Number

Peak period orders

Number

Retention (months)
60

Start

End

Hours
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Internet Sales
Mobile sales & service
Customer Orders
Service Orders

0
0

0
0
0
0

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Retention

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Enterprise Portals

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

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Active Users - Enterprise Portal
Element
ESS
INT
PCC
PRT

Conc users

Think time

Java iV

URL iV

%KMC
1

211

3
3

Active Users - Enterprise Portal Logon

Max logons per hour

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Business Intelligence

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Throughput - User groups of SEM-BPS

Element
SEM-BPS1
SEM-BPS2
SEM-BPS3

Users

steps
0
0

6
12
30

change
30000
15000
5000

max - onestep
60000
30000
10000

max - data
200000
100000
25000

Start

End

Hours
0
0
0

Throughput - Query & User distribution

Element
BW-INFO
BW-EXEC
BW-POWER

Users
0
0

%Reporting
80
50

%OLAP
20
50

%Data exploration

100

Throughput - Data upload to BW server

Element
Upload

Objects
0

Parallel upload

Start

End

Hours
0

Throughput - Definition of Infocubes

Element
Infocube
IC-APO
IC-CO

Dimension Key Fig

0
8
23
8
34

Initial Load

Periodic load

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0
0
0

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IC-CRM
IC-FI
IC-HR
IC-MM
IC-PP
IC-PS
IC-SD
IC-SEM

12
6
10
11
8
2
11
13

27
43
11
13
78
3
27
68

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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Business Intelligence

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Throughput - Definition of ODS objects

Element
ODS

Numeric

Text

Initial Load

Periodic load

Periods
0

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Exchange Infrastructure

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Initial Throughput Based sizing

Peak period messages
XI messages

Avg size

Number

Async/Sync
asynchronous

%BPM

Start

End

Hours
0

Ack

Pattern

%BPM

Start

End

Advanced Throughput Based sizing

Peak period messages
XI messages

Avg size

Number

Async/Sync
asynchronous

Routing

Mapping

In

Out

Mapping tool

Throughput Based sizing - Non Central Adapter Engine

Peak period messages
XI messages

Avg size

Number

Async/Sync
asynchronous

Ack

In

Out

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Application server

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

Concurrent Active Users

Low

Medium

High

BC users
BWP users

Throughput - annual, without line items

Element
BC - PRINT

#objects %change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak, without line items

Element
BC-PRINT

#objects %change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0

Throughput - annual, Businessworkplace

Element
BWP

#objects

items

ExtRecp

IntRecp

%change

%view

Retention

Throughput - peak, Business workplace

Element
BWP

#objects

items

ExtRecp

IntRecp

%change

%view

Start

End

Hours
0

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Standalone NW engines

Average workday
Peak hours

Start
8
10

Stop
17
12

Hours
9
2

Workdays per year

250

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TREX
Element
TREX

searches

Start

End

Hours
0

Total Size of documents to be searched (GB)

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TREX