2. General Run and Deployment Options
OnPremise SAP HANA
Enterprise
Cloud
Dev.
Edition by
other
Cloud
Providers
SAP HANA
Cloud
Platform
05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
3. OnPremise
Installation of SAP HANA at your own Hardware
There are 10 hardware vendors who are certified by SAP for HANA
• DELL
• HP
• NEC
• IBM
• Fujitsu
• Cisco
• Hitachi
• Huawei
• ...
You purchase a HANA license from SAP and deploy it to your hardware.
Advantages: It‘s all in your hand
Disadvantages: Huge investment costs
Your responsible for ensuring availability and maintenance
05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
4. HANA Enterprise Cloud
Installing your HANA system at an AWS or MS-Azure platform
Managed via the SAP Cloud Appliance Library
• Lets you install a bunch of predefined SAP solutions (ERP, CRM, BI, HANA
XS, ...) at your own AWS or MS-Azure VM instance.
• Some of the solutions are free of charge.
• Even if the SAP solution is free you pay to AWS or MS-Azure for the
infrastructure.
• Prices for infrastructure depend on chosen vm.
• Price for SAP HANA One (core system for productive use) starts at appr. $
2.500 per month.
• VPN and public internet access possible.
Advantages: Very fast setup time (minutes to a few hours)
Pay for what you used (calculable)
Choose out of a huge amount of SAP solutions
Disadvantages: Your data is saved at servers of other companies (Amazon
resp. Microsoft), you have to trust them. 05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
5. Dev. Edition hosted by other
Cloud Providers
Installing your HANA Developer system at a cloud platform from
• CloudShare,
• KT ucloud biz or
• SmartCloudPT
Managed via Tools of the platform provider
• Lets you install a SAP HANA Developer Edition (no productive use).
• SAP HANA Developer Edition for free but platform costs.
• Prices for infrastructure start at $ 137 per month.
Advantages: Very fast setup time (minutes)
Pay for what you used (calculable)
Good starting point for developers
Disadvantages: No productive use allowed
Find details on SCN
05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
6. HANA Cloud Platform
Using a HANA system in the cloud immediately
Managed via the SAP HANA Cloud Platform
• Build and run applications on a HANA system in the cloud.
• Use of SAP provided services (e.g. Feedback, Identity, ...)
• Hosted by SAP.
• Prices start at $ 1.595,- /month, HANA XS: $ 5.935,- /month
• Developer edition for free, Starter edition starts at $ 539,- /month
• Use your existing HANA license or purchase a new one.
Advantages: Run your HANA system within minutes.
Use it 24x7
No installation / maintenance
Disadvantages: Your data is saved at SAP servers (trust)
No dedicated instance
05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
7. Disclaimer
This is neither a complete overview nor an official list of all options.
It‘s just my personal view with my current knowledge in this field.
For details and official information contact SAP AG.
05.08.2014TAMMEN IT SOLUTIONS, Germany
