Enterprises running SAP BW on very large HANA databases are moving to hyperscale cloud, but success depends on precise scale-out, storage and network design—not lift-and-shift. This blog showcases a real 15+1 SAP BW scale-out deployment on Microsoft Azure using HANA-certified Mv2 VMs and Azure NetApp Files, outlines how on-premises workload characteristics were translated into a resilient, high-performance architecture, and closes with how the new Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level can further optimise similar VLD SAP BW and SAP HANA landscapes.
This blog outlines the implementation of SAP BW Scale-Out with 15+1 nodes using virtual machines on the Azure platform, representing one of the early and pioneering examples of SAP BW at this scale o...
Updated Dec 03, 2025
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