SAP Planning: Best Practices in Implementation

The SAP Data Center “Big Picture”

From a “big picture” perspective, you need to ensure that no detail is overlooked when planning for your SAP Data Center facility or facilities. Availability, after all, is all about details. Each layer in the SAP Solution Stack presents you with single-point-of-failure challenges; each layer must therefore be thoughtfully considered with an eye toward eliminating these SPOFs, or at least noting and mitigating risk to the point where such risk becomes financially acceptable.

First Things First—Standardization

Before we dive into identifying and addressing single points of failure common to SAP Data Center designs and implementation, it first makes sense to discuss the role of standards and standardization in ...