Definitions
| Term | Description | Examples (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| SAP workload | A workload is a collection of SAP resources that delivers business value. In the SAP context, this includes customer-facing components of SAP applications as well as SAP backend processes. A workload might consist of a subset of resources in a single AWS account or be a collection of resources spanning multiple AWS accounts. | |
| SAP product | A product of SAP, the enterprise software company that provides solutions for business processes across all industries. Sometimes referred to as SAP solutions. | SAP S/4HANA On-premise edition, Concur, Qualtrics |
| SAP system | A logical grouping of architecture (a set of things that work together as part of a greater mechanism) that is typically characterized by an SAP System Identifier (SID). | Production ERP system |
| SAP System Identifier (SAP SID / DB SID) | A combination of letters and numbers used to uniquely identify an SAP system. | PRD, HDB, PR1 |
| SAP environment | Integrated grouping of one or more SAP products or technology components. Are linked to form a path to production. | Sandbox, Development, QA, Training, Test, Pre-Production, and Production. |
| SAP instance or host | An instance is a copy of an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) running as a virtual server in the AWS Cloud. In the SAP context, usually a compute instance in Amazon EC2 service. | |
| SAP technical component | Administrative units that group together components of an SAP system running on an instance or host. These are technical architecture building blocks of SAP applications. | Application Server (PAS or AAS), SAP HANA Database, Web Dispatcher |
| Services (AWS services) | Over 200 cloud services that are used in combinations tailored to business or organizational needs. For information about many AWS services, see the Overview of Amazon Web Services whitepaper. | Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS |
| SAP deployment / Deployment pattern | Used to described how SAP is deployed in reference to the options in SAP Provisioning Tools (SUM, SWPM). | Highly Available (HA), Distributed, Standalone |
| SAPS rating (referred to as SAPS in multiple locations) | SAP Application Performance Standard (SAPS) – is a hardware-independent unit of
measurement that describes the performance of a system configuration in the SAP
environment. It is derived from the Sales and Distribution (SD) benchmark, where 100
SAPS is defined as 2,000 fully business processed order line items per hour. For
more information, see SAP Standard Application Benchmarks |
The Amazon EC2 instance type c5.large provides 3,650 SAPS.
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AWS Documentation: AWS Glossary
