ExpressRoute circuits are configured to allow you to burst up to two times the bandwidth limit you procured for no additional cost.
Scenario: It is estimated that during the migration, the bandwidth required between Azure and the New York office will be 1 Gbps. After the migration, a traffic burst of up to 3 Gbps will occur.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-faqs
Topic 2, Litware, inc
SAP Environment
Litware currently runs the following SAP products:
* Enhancement Pack 6 for SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 (SAP ECC 6.0)
* SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM)
* SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW)
* SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI)
* SAP Solution Manager
All users run on the Windows Server platform. All databases use Microsoft SQL Server. Currently, you have 20 production servers.
You have 30 non-production servers including five testing severs, five development servers, five quality assurance (QA) servers, and 15 pre=production servers.
Currently, all SAP applications are in the litware.com domain.
Problem Statements
The current version of SAP ECC has a transaction that, when run in batches overnight, tables eight hours to complete. You confirm that upgrading to SAP Business Suite on HANA will improve performance because of code changes and the SAP HANA database platform.
Litware is dissatisfied with the performance of its current hosted infrastructure vendor. Litware experienced several hardware failures and the vendor struggled to adequately its 24/7 business operation.
Business Goals
Litware identifies the following business goals:
* Increase the performance of SAP ECC application by moving to SAP HANA. All other database will remain on SQL Server.
* Move away from the current infrastructure vendor to increase the stability and availability of the SAP services.
* Use the new Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) in Recipe Management function.
* Ensure that any migration activities can be completed within a 48-hour period during a weekend.
Planned Changes
Litware identifies the following planned changes:
* Migrate SAP to Azure.
* Upgrade and migrate SAP ECC to SAP business Suite on HANA Enhancement Pack 8.
Technical Requirements
Litware identifies the following technical requirements:
* Implement automated backups.
* Support load testing during the migrate.
* Identify opportunities to reduces costs during the migration.
* Continue to use the Litware.com domain for all SAP landscapes.
* Ensure that all SAP applications and databases are highly available.
* Remove all SAP components from the on-premises network once the migrate is complete.
* Minimize the purchase of additional SAP licenses. SAP HANA license were already purchased.
* Ensure that SAP can provide technical support for all the SAP landscapes deployed to Azure.