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The Dell SAP engineering validation team tested the new PowerMax 2500 node pairs using the SAP HCMT tool for HANA-HWC-ES 1.1 certification. The following tables show the guidelines that we derived for estimating the initial number of SAP HANA production hosts that can be connected to an array:
PowerMax model | Number of node pairs | Number of SAP HANA worker hosts |
2500 | 1 | 26 |
2 | 52 | |
8500 | 1 | 36 |
2 | 72 | |
3 | 108 | |
4 | 144 | |
5 | 180 | |
6 | 216 | |
7 | 252 | |
8 | 288 |
Note: We determined the scalability of PowerMax 8500 systems and additional PowerMax node pairs by extrapolating the PowerMax 2500 test results and using the performance characteristics of the PowerMax 8500 systems.
Depending on the workload, the number of SAP HANA hosts that can be connected to a PowerMax array can be higher or lower than the number specified in the preceding table. Use the SAP HCMT tool with scenario HANA-HWC-ES 1.1 to validate the SAP HANA performance and determine the maximum number of SAP HANA hosts on the storage array.