What impact does an upgrade to SAP ERP have on the hardware?
In general, the impact on existing IT infrastructure depends on the following criteria: • Short or long transition path (the difference between the current and target release) • Scope of functional enhancements in the target release • Extent of utilization of existing IT infrastructure (such as number of users) With the help of SAP standard application benchmarks (results at www.sap.com/benchmark), you can get a good estimate of CPU and memory consumption of particular SAP ERP components. In all cases, you should plan to conduct a hardware requirements analysis. You should also contact your hardware vendor to verify if your current hardware will support the upgrade. To facilitate estimation of the sizing adjustment, SAP also offers the SAP GoingLive Functional Upgrade Check service that prepares your system to operate with optimum efficiency in the upgraded environment. This service usually consists of two phases: • In the early phase of the upgrade, the service estimates the need of I
