Depending on customer requirements and landscape size the applicable servers could be 2; 4 or 8-socket servers; respective the corresponding blade servers as well
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To represent flexibility and for transforming the VMware concept the configuration layout; especially for memory and data throughput might in summary map out
larger than in physical landscapes; especially in the erection phase. SAP CC recommends starting with a minimum of three pyhsical servers.
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Some more factors:
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customer requirements to availability, failover performance & desaster tolerance (such as VMware side recovery manager)
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user behavior
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the choosen SAP applications
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distribution of productive- and non productive systems
To assure a successful course of SAP virtalization projects we highly recommend contacting SAP CC!