Hi,
We are currently running on BW on Hana (7.4) and Hana native on a single DB and instance.
Bw is primarly used for BPC and native for non sap datasources loaded via BODS. We are having runtime license for BW and 256 GB of base edition license for native.
Now with the real BW implementation takes place (SAP datasources), we're going to need to upgrade our hardware to 2TB just for the BW portion. We're intending to leverage the BW generated HANA views with existing hana views for BI reporting.
My concern is the license whereby although BW runtime allowed us to get as much memory, the 50% rule for a single instance means we will need to acquire 1TB (2TB hardware) of base licenses although our current sizing for native is only at 256GB, which I think is not very cost effective although having all in instance would work best.
Therefore, would it be ideal to split the instances to 2 (BW and native) so we could have 2TB or more in Bw and BPC and remain 256 GB in native?
Another concern would be the BW generated hana views. By splitting instances means we wouldn't be able to use this anymore (since there is no hana native license for BW)? I know alternatively we could use the import Bw models in studio to achieve the same but it would be more of a 'pull' instead of 'push'.
Our environments are running on Vm if this could help.
Appreciate any thoughts on this.
Cheers