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Congratulations, you passed the quiz for the SAP HANA Sizing Simplified L2!

Question 1
What is the primary objective of using the Tetris “right” sizing methodology?
Correct

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to help automate and reduce the lag time between the customer’s request for a server configuration and
submitting a proposal

to be able to easily configure IBM Power System server for small and complex SAP scenarios for “Fighter”
configurations.


to be able to offer a highly competitive IBM Power System server proposal that addresses the optimal
usage of CPU and memory resources that is cost optimized

to be able to avoid having to run the request through Techline and having any seller be able to do the
configuration themselves

Question 2 IBM Power Systems Shared Processor Pool is ...

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the ability to allow each LPAR to be sized with the amount of CPU cores for the average workload and
tapping into a pool of idle common CPU cores to meet peak workload demands

the ability of the system to share CPU sockets between LPARs to meet peek workload demands

a feature which enables each LPAR to “steal” excess CPU capacity from other LPARs to meet peak workload
demands and returning the CPU cores when not required

the ability to dynamically move applications between LPARs so as they may share the same CPU cores

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Question 3 When customers need to stand-up an SAP landscape for an SAP application, for example, S/4HANA or

Correct BW/4HANA, what is the minimum number of instances required to support it?

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of 1.00 Select one:
the minimum is 3, consisting of a Development, QA and Production instance 

the minimum is 4, consisting of a Development, QA, sandbox and Production instance

the minimum is 5, consisting of a Development, QA, sandbox, training and Production instance

the minimum is 1, which is the Production instance

Question 4
One important aspect of sizing the amount of memory required for SAP HANA databases is that you should at
Correct least have
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of 1.00

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2x the amount of memory to the database size

an equal amount of memory to the database size

4x the amount of memory to the database size

½ the amount of memory to the database size

Question 5 In the Tetris game analogy to the IBM Power System resources, which are the 3 characteristics we are referring

Correct to?

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CPU cores, memory and virtualization

CPU cores, memory and flexibility

CPU cores, memory and storage

CPU cores, memory and performance

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Question 6
The ability to virtualize is a key value proposition of IBM Power Systems. Which of the following statement is
Correct *FALSE*?
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of 1.00

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SAP HANA LPARs for OLTP and OLAP SAP applications on IBM Power Systems are certified by SAP for up to
24TB

VMware vSphere supports virtual machines (VMs) up to 3TB for OLAP applications and 6 TB for OLTP
applications

Only 16 HANA production LPARs are allowed on a single IBM Power System server but there is no
restriction on the number of non-production LPARs

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Both IBM PowerVM for IBM Power Systems and VMware vSphere for Intel x86 servers are included as
part of the system for no additional cost

Question 7 The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided.

Correct What is the source database in S/4 #1 Sizing Report ?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Db2

Oracle

ASE

HANA 

Question 8
The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided.
Correct Which IBM Power System would be the most cost competitive to propose to the customer?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:
IBM Power System H922 with 16 cores and 4TB memory 

IBM Power System H922 with 24 cores and 4TB memory

IBM Power System H922 with 16 cores and 3TB memory

IBM Power System H922 with 20 cores and 4TB memory

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Question 9
The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided.
Incorrect What was the final CPU core savings that resulted from the ability of using the unique IBM Power System
0.00 points out features of Shared Processor Pool and LPAR Correction Factor?
of 1.00

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58%

82%

41% 

42%

Question 10
Which statement on the responsibility of sizing is *NOT* true?
Correct

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of 1.00
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SAP Certification of each model of the IBM Power System server is the sole responsibility of IBM only

Sizing of the hardware requirements based on the SAP sizing reports is the responsibility of the hardware
vendor (or business partner).

SAP is responsible for the BW and S/4 HANA sizing reports. Those reports calculate the amount of SAPS
generated by the SAP application from statistics collected at the source system

Execution of the SAP ABAP sizing reports and meeting the validation criteria is the responsibility of the
customer

Question 11
The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided.
Incorrect What is the BW source server environment?
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of 1.00

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4-node, 80 CPU core, 1TB memory

1-node, 320 CPU core, 1TB memory

scale-out, 80 CPU core, 1010 GB memory 

single node, 80 CPU core, 1010 GB memory

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Question 12 Why wouldn’t you size the IBM Power System server for the highest peak workload?

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of 1.00
Shared Processor Pools is similar to Capacity on Demand (CoD) in that, customers can pay for additional
processor cores without having to purchase a larger IBM Power server. Customer will only have to pay for
additional CPU capacity during peak workloads to keep cost down

Shared Processor Pools is an SAP only specific feature that enables as many SAP HANA instances to run in a
single LPAR to meet the workload requirements during peak times. By sharing this LPAR, CPU cores can also
be shared between workloads and increasing CPU utilization


With a pool of idle CPU cores available to meet the demands of any LPAR that exceeds its normal core
allocation, Shared Processor Pools for IBM Power Systems can reduce the overall need to have over
capacity of CPU cores allocated to any LPAR, thereby reducing cost to a customer

IBM Power Systems virtualization enables customers to host many LPARs on the same server. By sizing an
LPAR for the highest peak workload, you would reduce the performance of the other LPARs

Question 13
There are many advantages IBM Power System servers have over Intel x86 servers. All of the following
Correct statements are true EXCEPT for one. Select the *FALSE* statement.
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:

IBM Power Systems can support up to 24TB for S/4HANA and BW/4HANA in a virtualized environment
compared to a maximum of 3TB for BW/4HANA and 6TB for S/4HANA on an x86 VMware vSphere
environment

There is no limitation to the memory size of an IBM Power System server in a bare metal configuration 

compared to x86 servers

There is negligible performance impact with IBM PowerVM hypervisor compared to approximately 14%
performance degradation with x86 VMware hypervisor

IBM Power System servers can grow the LPAR memory in a more granular level to fit the SAP HANA
requirements compared to x86 servers that are required to add memory in sets of 6x the memory DIMM
size

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Question 14 According to the SAP annual report, the majority of customers are in the SMB space. IBM has built the “Fighter”

Correct model configurations to try to capture as much of this market space. What percentage of this market opportunity

1.00 points out is considered SMB?

of 1.00
Select one:
75%

68%

80%

88% 

Question 15 The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided.

Incorrect For the SAP BW development instance, which workload would you have chosen?

0.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
SAP HANA DB OLAP & mixed - NonProduction


SAP App Server and Legacy Database - NonProduction

SAP HANA DB OLTP - NonProduction

SAP HANA DB OLAP & mixed - Production

Question 16
When comparing “legacy” database such as Db2, Oracle, SQL Server or SAP ASE to SAP HANA, what is one
Correct aspect that stands out as the biggest difference that will impact the server configuration?
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Legacy database are all supported on AIX and Linux operating system


SAP HANA requires much more memory than the legacy databases because it is an in-memory
database

All the legacy databases come from 3rd party software vendors and only SAP HANA is built by SAP

The peak CPU usage of legacy databases compared to SAP HANA results in less cores required to be
allocate to legacy database LPARs

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Question 17 The IBM Power System “Fighter” model was put together as a Cost Optimized configuration comprising the
following:
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IBM Power System H922, H924, E950 and E980 with 4TB memory

IBM Power System H922 and H924 with a maximum of 4TB memory

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IBM Power System H922 with maximum 2TB memory

IBM Power System H922 with a maximum of 4TB memory

Question 18
You have been given a BW sizing report to interpret the requirements for a customer’s configuration for an IBM
Correct Power System server. Which of the statement is a *wrong* interpretation of the report?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:

the SAPS number in the report could be used if the results from a “Recommended” memory size is close to
the “Minimum” total memory requirement

in looking at the RSDDSTAT Analysis Details, you noticed that monitoring data was collected for 9 days and
had over 300 data loads and 7,000 queries, and concluded that the report will provide inaccurate sizing
results

looking at the top 10 query load peaks, there is only one period when the queries are 10x the other nine
periods. We can safely assume we do not need to dedicate sufficient number of CPU cores in the LPAR to
satisfy the peak time

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the exact memory (RAM) requirement can be found just below the “Recommended” column heading

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Question 19
The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided. In
Correct the BW sizing report, the CPU requirement was 48,000 SAPS. Choose the best answer on how this number was
1.00 points out derived at?
of 1.00

Select one:

it was derived from the memory and disk space requirements and number of nodes

because the workload was classified as medium (M) and the server’s RAM was 1TB, the value was
calculated as 48,000 (SAPS for 1TB) x 1 (factor or M workload)

it was derived from the number of active users of 57, driving the peak query load volume to 544 MB/s and
11 queries/s

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because the workload was classified as medium (M) and the server’s RAM was 1TB, the value was
calculated as 24,000 (SAPS for 1TB) x 2 (factor or M workload)

Question 20
The SAP HANA Tetris sizing Excel spreadsheet was designed to address a specific size of IBM Power System
Correct servers. Which of the following statement is *TRUE*?
1.00 points out
of 1.00

Select one:

the Tetris spreadsheet can be used for all IBM Power System server models from H922 to E980 but cannot
exceed the 4TB memory limit.

there is no limitation to the size of the IBM Power System but the Tetris spreadsheet is designed to only
addresses SMB customers

the Tetris spreadsheet can be used by both SMB and enterprise customers with a need to consolidate or
provision SAP instances on only “Fighter” models, that is, H922 with a maximum of 2TB memory

the target customer for the Tetris spreadsheet is mainly SMB customers who require IBM Power System
server with up to 2 CPU sockets (maximum 24 cores) and 4TB of memory but could also be used for
enterprise customers requiring smaller servers for development or test SAP instances

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Question 21
Which of the following sizing statements is *FALSE*?
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sizing of hardware for an SAP environment involves matching requirements for memory, CPU, disk space,
I/O capacity, and network bandwidth

the size of the server and database is determined by the number of users using the application components
and the workload they put on the system

SAPS is a hardware-independent unit of measurement that describes the performance of a system 

configuration in an SAP environment

calculation of SAPS that is generated by the SAP application is the responsibility of SAP and the hardware
server vendors

Question 22 The following question is based on the Tetris Excel spreadsheet and the three sample sizing reports provided. In

Correct the S/4 #2 Sizing Report, what was the source environment?

1.00 points out

of 1.00 Select one:
Linux with Db2 database

Windows with SQL Server

AIX with Oracle database

AIX with Db2 database 

Question 23
In the S/4 sizing report, you see that the Peak (Select equivalent) is 60,000,000 and the Peak Factor is 19.95
Incorrect with a SAPS estimate of 35,000. What would the average Select equivalent value be?
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of 1.00

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3,007,519

35,000 

1,754

60,000,000

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Question 24
ALL of the following statement on IBM Power Systems are true, *except* for:
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When calculating the Shared Pool reduction in CPU core entitlement, both production and non- 
production LPARs can be reduced by the same percentage i.e. 25%
Except for a single LPAR on a server, there is an optimization effect resulting from the LPAR Correction
Factor that can reduce the total number of CPU cores required on a server
When calculating the total number of CPU cores, after factoring in Shared Pool and LPAR Correction
Factor optimization, you must also include the core requirements to support VIOS
With Shared Processor Pools, you do not have to propose a server with as many CPU cores to meet the
peak demands of each SAP instance LPAR

Question 25
There are certain criteria that the SAP BW applications must be compliant to for the sizing report to be
Incorrect meaningful. The following statements are true *EXCEPT* for ....
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of 1.00

Select one:

The client does not have highly critical Service Level Agreement for data loads

The system in scope must have collected monitoring data history for at least 10 days

all database response time must not exceed 20s

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more than 100 data loads or 1,000 queries executed

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