Episode #230
Introduction
In episode 230 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about platform transformations.
In the last few episode we were pretty high on the SAP and Microsoft stack. We talked about Data, AI and also security. Today we are going back more on the infrastructure level and talk about helping customer building the next platform transformation on Azure. To give us an update on these topics, I am happy to have Sid Rabindran back on our podcast.
Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode230
Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:
- Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rboban/
- Goran Condric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorancondric/
- Holger Bruchelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-bruchelt/
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Summary created by AI
- Introduction and Welcome:
- Holger welcomed everyone to the SAP on Azure Video podcast, episode 230, and introduced the main participants, Robert and Goran.
- Focus on Infrastructure:
- Holger mentioned that the recent episodes focused on data integration, AI, and security, but today’s discussion would be more about infrastructure and helping customers build the next platform transformation on Azure.
- Sid’s Role and Experience:
- Siddhartha introduced themselves, explaining their role in helping customers migrate to Azure and their involvement in building foundational services for mission-critical workloads.
- Evolution of Azure for SAP Systems:
- Holger and Siddhartha discussed the evolution of Azure, including new storage types, virtual machine types, and architectural changes, and how these changes have impacted customers running SAP systems on Azure.
- Availability Set to Availability Zone Migration:
- Siddhartha explained the transition from availability sets to availability zones, highlighting the benefits of higher reliability and redundancy. They also discussed the challenges and solutions for migrating customers from availability sets to availability zones using Vmss Flex.
- Proximity Placement Groups:
- Siddhartha discussed the concept of proximity placement groups (PPGs) and how Azure’s network latency improvements have reduced the need for PPGs. They mentioned the upcoming feature to remove PPGs online, making the migration process smoother.
- Live Migration for M Series:
- Siddhartha explained the concept of live migration for M series virtual machines, emphasizing its role in fault tolerance and platform maintenance. They clarified that live migration is not a replacement for high availability but a complementary feature.
- Gen. 1 to Gen. 2 Migration:
- Siddhartha mentioned the upcoming feature to enable customers to migrate from Gen. 1 to Gen. 2 virtual machines, which will provide better security features. This migration will involve a small downtime.
- Diskless Virtual Machines:
- Siddhartha discussed the introduction of diskless virtual machines, which remove the temporary disk to provide cost benefits to customers. They mentioned the efforts to make this migration seamless for customers.
- Capacity Reservations:
- Siddhartha briefly mentioned the work being done to enable capacity reservations for medium memory segments, ensuring guaranteed capacity for customers.
- Conclusion and Future Topics:
- Holger thanked Siddhartha for joining the podcast and mentioned that they would cover more topics in future episodes.