Best Practice 16.1 – Have data to
evaluate performance
To evaluate the performance of an SAP system and take action in the event performance is suboptimal, monitoring data must be collected for compute, memory, storage, and networking as described in the Well-Architected Framework Performance Excellence guidelines concerning monitoring your resources. As stated in the Well-Architected Framework Operational Excellence pillar, understanding the current state of the system, putting in place key performance indicators, and collecting metrics in a timely manner for diagnosis are crucial for investigating performance issues.
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Well-Architected Framework [Performance Efficiency]: Monitor Your Resources to Ensure That They Are Performing as Expected
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Well-Architected Framework [Operational Excellence]: Understanding Workload Health
Suggestion 16.1.1 – Gather and store data relevant to performance metrics
To collect and view relevant SAP monitoring data, you should install and configure the AWS Data Provider for SAP and set up metrics in your chosen monitoring tools that support your SAP workload. Further details on monitoring and additional recommendations are available in the Operational Excellence pillar.
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AWS Documentation: AWS Data Provider for SAP
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SAP Lens [Operational Excellence]: Best Practice 1.1 - Implement prerequisites for monitoring SAP on AWS
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SAP Lens [Operational Excellence]: Best Practice 1.2 - Implement infrastructure monitoring for SAP
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SAP Lens [Operational Excellence]: Best Practice 1.3 - Implement application and database monitoring for SAP
