Sizing

Memory space

The required space for the different memory areas in an SAP system, both on the master system and the satellites, depend in a complex way on the system count, number of users, amount of consumption data, number of change documents, etc. Therefore, it is not feasible to give useful sizing requirements applicable in a real-world situation. Due to the relatively modest memory requirements of the Snow Optimizer, in all but the most extreme situations the existing memory settings in an SAP system are already sufficient. In the very few cases where insufficient memory becomes an issue, memory settings of the affected memory area in the SAP application server can be increased.

Database space

The same complexity argument as for the memory space also applies here. A typical example for a system landscape with 10 000 users is a resulting 4 GB of data stored in the database.