It is vital to size an SAP HANA hardware correctly to realize the maximum benefit from an investment and reduce the long-term total cost of ownership. Over-provisioned sizing of SAP HANA can lead to excess capacity and bloated hardware while under-provisioning can cause unexpected delays which will increase the cost of operational performance. For the most part, sizing of SAP HANA database is based on the main memory, which in turn is determined by the amount of actual data stored in memory. Since the data is compressed in HANA and the compression results depends on the used scenario, it is not easy to guess the amount of memory needed for sure. Therefore, the memory sizing for SAP HANA should be performed using SAP’s Quick Sizer tool, relevant SAP notes and SAP sizing reports. When we talk about right sizing, it means the right amount of memory and the right CPU processing power which needs to be calculated. Sizing means determining hardware requirements such as memory, CPU power, disk space, input and output capacity, and network bandwidth. It is an iterative process aimed at translating business requirements into hardware requirements and is usually done early in a project. Read more: https://ktern.com/article/hana-db-sizing-considerations/