AZ-120 · Question #207
Drag and Drop Question You need to deploy an SAP production landscape on Azure. The solution must be supported by the SAP production landscape and must minimize costs. Which Azure virtual machine…
The correct answer is SAP Central Services (SCS): D-Series; SAP HANA: M-Series. Azure VM Series for SAP Workloads - Explanation The Correct Arrangement | Workload | VM Series | Reason | |---|---|---| | SAP Central Services (SCS) | D-Series | General-purpose compute | | SAP HANA | M-Series | Memory-optimized for in-memory DB | --- Placement Breakdown SAP…
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Drag and Drop Question You need to deploy an SAP production landscape on Azure. The solution must be supported by the SAP production landscape and must minimize costs. Which Azure virtual machine series should you use for each SAP workload? To answer, drag the appropriate series to the correct workloads. Each series may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Answer:
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Correct arrangement
- SAP Central Services (SCS): D-Series
- SAP HANA: M-Series
Explanation
Azure VM Series for SAP Workloads - Explanation
The Correct Arrangement
| Workload | VM Series | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| SAP Central Services (SCS) | D-Series | General-purpose compute |
| SAP HANA | M-Series | Memory-optimized for in-memory DB |
Placement Breakdown
SAP HANA → M-Series
SAP HANA is an in-memory database. It requires extremely high RAM (often 6TB+) and is the most demanding component of an SAP landscape. The M-Series (Memory-optimized) is purpose-built for this - it's the only Azure VM family that is SAP-certified for HANA production workloads with the memory capacities HANA demands. No other series is SAP-certified for production HANA at scale.
SAP Central Services (SCS) → D-Series
SCS handles SAP message server and enqueue replication - it is CPU and network intensive but does not require massive RAM. The D-Series (General-purpose, balanced CPU/memory) is cost-effective, SAP-supported, and right-sized for this role. It avoids over-provisioning expensive memory-optimized hardware.
Why the Other Series Don't Fit
- B-Series - Burstable VMs designed for variable, low-CPU workloads (dev/test). Not SAP-certified for production. A common mistake is choosing B-Series to minimize costs - it violates the "SAP production supported" constraint.
- N-Series - GPU-optimized. No role in SAP ERP/HANA workloads. Sometimes confused as relevant due to high performance, but GPUs don't help SAP.
Key Rule to Remember
Production SAP = no B-Series. The question explicitly says "must be supported by the SAP production landscape" - this eliminates B-Series entirely regardless of cost.
The cost-minimization constraint is satisfied by using D-Series (not M-Series) for the non-HANA components, since M-Series is expensive and only justified where HANA's memory requirements demand it.
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