Amazon EC2 X1 and X1e instances are designed to demand memory-optimized enterprise workloads, including production installations of SAP HANA, Microsoft SQL Server, Apache Spark, and Presto. Just recently released, x1e.32xlarge are our largest cloud-native instances yet, offering 4 TB of DDR4 memory per instance. Join this session for a detailed look into this new instance, and learn how enterprise customers are using these instances to run mission-critical workloads, such as SAP HANA, to realize greater speed and agility.

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Scale In-Memory Workloads
on Amazon EC2 X1 and X1e Instances
with up to 4 TB of RAM
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EC2 instance families
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purpose
Compute
optimized
C4
Storage and I/O
optimized
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Memory
optimized
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X1
X1e

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In-Memory Databases
X1 and X1e: Optimized for in-memory and
memory-intensive workloads
In-Memory Analytics
Big Data Processing High Perf Databases

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EC2 X1 & X1e instances
• X1 & X1e instances are offered on the same compute platform architecture offering up to 128 vCPUs
• X1e instances—Memory sizes from 122 GiB up to 4 TiB
• X1 instances—1 TiB and 2 TiB memory sizes
• Powered by Intel E7 8880 v3 (Haswell) processors
• Intel AES-NI & Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel TSX)
• Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel AVX2)
• High memory bandwidth & Single Device Data Correction (SDDC +1)
1 TiB 2 TiB
64 vCPU 128 vCPU
122 GiB 4 TiB
4 vCPU 128 vCPU
6 sizes
x1.16xlarge x1.32xlarge x1e.xlarge x1e.32xlarge
X1 X1e

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EC2 X1 and X1e instances
Model vCPU Memory Local Storage Networking Storage
X1e
x1e.32xlarge 128 3,904 GiB 2x 1,920 GB SSD 25 Gbps 14,000 Mbps
x1e.16xlarge 64 1,952 GiB 1x 1,920 GB SSD 10 Gbps 7,000 Mbps
x1e.8xlarge 32 976 GiB 1x 960 GB SSD Up to 10 Gbps 3,500 Mbps
x1e.4xlarge 16 488 GiB 1x 480 GB SSD Up to 10 Gbps 1,750 Mbps
x1e.2xlarge 8 244 GiB 1x 240 GB SSD Up to 10 Gbps 1,000 Mbps
x1e.xlarge 4 122 GiB 1x 120 GB SSD Up to 10 Gbps 500 Mbps
Model vCPU Memory Local Storage Networking Storage
X1
x1.32xlarge 128 1,952 GiB 2x 1,920 GB SSD 25 Gbps 14,000 Mbps
x1.16xlarge 64 976 GiB 1x 1,920 GB SSD 10 Gbps 7,000 Mbps

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QPI
QPI
QPIQPI
QPI
976 GB
976 GB
976 GB
976 GB
32 vCPUs 32 vCPUs
32 vCPUs 32 vCPUs
x1e.32xlarge —largest memory offered on EC2
Optimized for large in-memory workloads

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x1e.32xlarge —largest memory-optimized EC2 instance
• Newest addition to the Amazon EC2 memory-optimized
instance family
• Offers nearly 4 TB of memory, backed by DDR4 RAM.
• Powered by Intel E7 8880 v3 (Haswell) processors offering
128 vCPUs
• Elastic Network Adaptor (ENA) based Enhanced Networking
offers 25 Gbps of network bandwidth—fastest network
available on AWS today
• 14 Gbps of dedicated bandwidth to Amazon Elastic Block
Store (Amazon EBS)
• Large local SSD stores
X1e

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Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
HDD BasedSSD Based
io1
Provisioned IOPS
SSD
gp2
General Purpose
SSD
st1
Throughput Optimized
HDD
sc1
Cold Volumes
HDD
X1 and X1e instances are EBS-optimized by default

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• Modify live volumes attached to instances
• Simple; flexible; non-disruptive; automated
• Dynamically increase size, tune performance, and
change the type of existing and new current
generation volumes
• Automate using Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda,
or AWS CloudFormation
• Provision what you need today and change the
configuration as business needs change
EBS elastic volumes

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EC2 companion services
Auto Recovery Auto Scaling Elastic Load Balancing
Recover an impaired or
terminated instance
Dynamic traffic
distribution
Automated scaling of
EC2 capacity

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Strong partnership with a history of
collaboration and rapid innovation
Customer Outcomes
THE SAP | AWS ALLIANCECustomerAdoption
2008
SAP as a
Customer
S/4 HANA
SAP IQ / ASE
SAP HANA Platform Edition
SAP Mobile Secure
SAP Business Suite
HANA One
HANA Developer Edition
SAP Cloud Appliance
Library (CAL)
A1 / B1
RDS Solutions
BOBJ
SAP HANA for B1
BW on HANA
BW on HANA (4TB)
Today
X1 (2TB)
BW/4 HANA X1 (14 TB)
X1e (4TB)
BW/4 HANA X1 (50 TB)
HEC on AWS
SCP on AWS
Reduce Costs
Increase Speed
HANA Vora on
AWS Marketplace
Hybris on Aurora
FAST Migrate
Improve Agility

15. Accelerating the Pace of Innovation
2015 2016
The Next Generation of our SAP HANA infrastructure at Scale
Benefits:Engineered for SAP HANA
High
Performance
Resilient Secure Flexible Technical
Excellence
Infinite
Global
Scale
Lowest
TCO
244 GB
50TB
scale-out
1 TB 14 TB4 TB …
X1
x1.32xl
14 TB scale-out
X1
x1.16xl
7 TB
7 TB scale-out
R3
r3.8xl l
4 TB scale-out
R4
r4.16xl
50 TB
X1e
x1e.32xl
1 TB
2 TB
Scale-up
488 GB
4 TB
244 GB
1 TB 14 TB4 TB
X1
x1.32xl
14 TB scale-out
X1
x1.16xl
7 TB
7 TB scale-out
R3
r3.8xl l
4 TB scale-out
R4
r4.16xl
1 TB
2 TB
Scale-up
488 GB
244 GB
1 TB 4 TB
R3
r3.8xl l
4 TB scale-out
Scale-up
2017

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EC2 instances certified for SAP Workloads
Memory Optimized
Name vCPU
Memory
(GiB)
Network
(Gbps)
Storage
(Mbps)
SAPS
x1e.32xlarge 128 3,904 25 14,000 131,500
x1.32xlarge 128 1,952 25 14,000 131,500
x1.16xlarge 64 976 10 7,000 65,750
r4.16xlarge 64 488 25 14,000 76,400
r4.8xlarge 32 244 10 7,000 38,200
r4.4xlarge 16 122 Up to 10 3,500 19,100
r4.2xlarge 8 61 Up to 10 1,750 9,550
r4.xlarge 4 30.5 Up to 10 875 4,775
r4.large 2 15 Up to 10 437 2,387
• Use in two-tier and three-tier configurations up to hundreds
of thousands of SAPS
• Certified instances for SAP HANA
• Amazon EBS-optimized instances
• Enhanced networking including ENA on latest instances
Check SAP Note 1656099 for more information
General Purpose
Name vCPU
Memory
(GiB)
Network
(Gbps)
Storage
(Mbps)
SAPS
m4.16xlarge 64 256 25 10,000 75,770
m4.10xlarge 40 160 10 4,000 47,320
m4.4xlarge 16 64 High 2,000 17,712
m4.2xlarge 8 32 High 1,000 8,856
m4.xlarge 4 16 High 750 4,428
m4.large 2 8 Moderate 450 2,214
Compute Optimized
Name vCPU
Memory
(GiB)
Network
(Gbps)
Storage
(Mbps)
SAPS
c4.8xlarge 36 60 10 4,000 37,950
c4.4xlarge 16 30 High 2,000 19,030
c4.2xlarge 8 15 High 1,000 9,515
c4.xlarge 4 7.5 High 750 4,758
c4.large 2 3.75 Moderate 450 2,379
HANA

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Serving the needs of the most demanding SAP Customers
Technology platform Automation Programs
SAP on AWS

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AWS Quick Starts
AWS Quick Starts give customers an easy way to deploy complex software and
services on top of AWS infrastructure using automation
• Single-button automated deployments
• Build once, consistently deploy
• Best in class, production ready
• Easily customizable
• Deploy in minutes versus weeks
• Broad customer reach
AWS Quick Starts
Automated gold-standard
deployments on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart

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• SAP HANA Virtual appliance delivery
• Automated infrastructure and SAP HANA
provisioning
• Delivers SAP certified configurations, including
single and multi-node deployments
• Incorporates AWS and SAP best practices
• Self service and customizable
• Deploy SAP HANA in minutes versus weeks or
months
AWS Quick Start for SAP HANA
Root
volume
/usr/sap
volume
HANA
shared
volume
HANA
backup
volume
HANA
data/log
volumes
SAP
HANA
Private subnet (e.g., 10.0.1.0/24)
Bastion
instance
RDP
instance
Inbound
SSH
HANA Studio
Public subnet
(e.g., 10.0.2.0/24)
Availability Zone
VPC CIDR (e.g., 10.0.0.0/16)
Internet
gateway
Internet
Amazon S3
HANA media
bucket
Backup
snapshots
Virtual Private Cloud
RDP
SSH
VPC NAT
gateway
router

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• Deploy a full SAP NetWeaver system landscape
• Integrates with the AWS Quick Start for SAP HANA
• Automated Primary Application Server (PAS) and
additional Application Server (AAS) installs
• Specify workload type (Dialog, Batch, or mixed)
• Autoscaling solution for application servers
• Self service and customizable
• Pay only for the resources you use
AWS Quick Start for SAP NetWeaver
Availability Zone 2
Private subnet
10.0.0.0/19
Public subnet
10.0.128.0/20
Availability Zone 1
Internet gateway
Private subnet
10.0.32.0/19
Public subnet
10.0.144.0/20
Elastic IPs (public route) Elastic IPs (public route)
NAT
gateway
SAP App Server
(PAS)
Virtual private cloud 10.0.0.0/16
AWS Region
NAT
gateway
SAP HANA
Elastic
Load
Balancing
Bastion
hosts
Bastion
host Auto Scaling group
SAP App Server
(Autoscaling AAS1)
SAP App Server
(Autoscaling AAS3)
SAP App Server
(Autoscaling AAS2)
SAP App Server
(Autoscaling AAS4)Auto Scaling group
RDP
host

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SAP Quick Start Demo

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“Knowing the flexibility of AWS and that we
needed to get the system up and running, with
minimal cost, within one month, it was an easy
decision to make. After six months, our
productive system was at capacity so we
upgraded from a 244 GB to a 2 TB system within
one hour.” –Fairfax Media

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EC2 X1 Instances
SAP Application
EC2 Instance
EC2 X1e
Instances
SAP HANA
• Running • Shutdown
• SAP virtual
machine is
unavailable
• Issue API call to start
virtual machine
• SAP virtual machine
started on a new
physical host
• Amazon EBS
persistent volumes
are mapped by
default
SAP HANA
EC2 X1e
Instances
SAP HANA
• Running (new host)
Change
instance type
using AWS
console or API
call
SAP HANA
• Perform hardware upgrades in minutes
• Retain same IP addressing/hostnames (VPC)
Sizing made easy
EC2 X1 Instances

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EC2 Elasticity demo

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SAP-AWS Rapid Migration Program
• Eliminate the unknown: run migration test to
find actual time, cost, and business impact before
upgrade
• Less time: automated migration and rapid cloud
provisioning tools reduce planning and migration
time
• Lower cost: reduce HW cost with cloud and
reduce consulting cost with automated migration
tools
Any DB
SAP ECC
Supported Releases
Any Operating System
Any DB
SAP BW
Supported Releases
Any Operating System
ASE
SAP ECC
ASE
SAP BW
SAP Business
Suite powered by
SAP HANA
SAP BW
powered by
SAP HANA
SAP S/4HANA
SAP BW/4HANA
SAP Rapid Migration Test Program
with AWS (FAST)

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On-Premises/Hosting
Location
VPN or
Direct Connect
Production system
(or copy)
High-level migration process
ECC AnyDB
1
DMO with System Move
Converted
data to SAP
HANA format
Export
2
Provision
Transfer
Flat Files
2
3
Import
App
Tier
SAP
HANA
X1e

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SAP on AWS Customers Momentum
A s i a A m e r i c a s E M E A
E n t e r p r i s e

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Additional resources
EC2 X1 Instances:
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/
SAP on AWS Information:
https://aws.amazon.com/sap/
FAST Program Information:
https://aws.amazon.com/sap/fast/
SAP HANA Quick Start Reference:
docs.aws.amazon.com/quickstart/latest/sap-hana/
Other SAP HANA on AWS resources:
aws.amazon.com/sap/solutions/saphana/

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