Tuesday 3 February 2015

How to Estimate HANA Sizing for CO-PA Accelerator

Since the second half of 2014 a new dedicated SAP HANA Quick Sizer tool has been available which covers SAP Suite on HANA including the CO-PA Accelerator option.
Also see SAP Note 1793345 Sizing for SAP Suite on HANA.
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The SAP Quick Sizer tool is available now for SAP HANA and even includes content for the CO-PA Accelerator.

The mechanics of using the QuickSizer for CO-PA Accelerator are very easy.
1) Start the QuickSizer
2) Input the Customer No.
3) Provide a Project Name
4) Select SAP In-Memory Computing
5) Select HANA Rapid Deployment Solutions
6) Locate the row element for CO-PA-ACC
7) Input the Number of CO-PA Users, the Source Data Footprint in GB, and the estimated Compression factor (7 is the default)
8) Click on the Calculate Results button