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SAP Data Intelligence 3 on-premises
Updated November 22, 2022

SAP Data Intelligence 3 on-premises

Holger Zecha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP Data Intelligence

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Data Intelligence

SAP Data Intelligence validation on NetApp storage technology in compination with RedHat OpenShift and SUESE Rancher Kubernetes Cluster. Validation was done for all NetApp solutions which are supported from NetApp Trident and are able to provide iSCSI LUNs. Goal of the validation has been, to enable NetApp customers a seamless usage of NetApp storage for mixed SAP workloads.
  • It runs in Kubernetes
  • Easy deployment with Installer also running in Kubernetes
  • Integration with S/3 compatible object storage on-prem and in public cloud
  • In case of failures, identifying the errors in the Kubernetes cluster is a mess
  • The certificate handling could be made easier to run SAP Data Intelligence with self signed certificates for non-prod environments
  • Unfortunately this question did not apply with regards to the NetApp validation
RedHat OpenShift and SUSE Rancher are the two Kubernetes technologies for running SAP Data Intelligence on-prem.
Support from SAP and collaboration with RedHat and SUSE was very good to achive the validation within a short time frame!
A better error logging and tracing would simplify troubleshooting. A lot of details regarding errors and how to solve them are only visible within the Kubernetes pods itself. I am not sure if SAP Data Intelligence is able to improve this situation, because it may be related to the Kubernetes architecture itself and improving things might require changes inside Kubernetes.

Do you think SAP Data Intelligence delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Data Intelligence's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Data Intelligence live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SAP Data Intelligence go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Data Intelligence again?

Yes

We only used the connectors which are required to pass the validation.
Shell integration for executing shell scripts and the machine learning integration for testing the S/3 compatible object storage NetApp StorageGrid
I just used Data Intelligence from in infrastructure point of view to validate NetApp storage for SAP Data Intelligence. Therefore I run only test scenarios which need to be run, to pass the SAP Data Intelligence validation. The scenarios need for passing the validation are just used to validate that the underlying infrastructure is fulfilling the SAP requirements.

Using SAP Data Intelligence

1 - Solutions Architect SAP
1 - Infrastructure knowledge in LAN, storage technology, iSCSI, Kubernetes especiallyRed Hat OpenShift and SUSE Rancher. In addition knowledge in certificate handling for setiing up the necessary prerequisites like a docker repository. In addition it is also necessary to understand how the S/3 protocol works.
  • Connecting NetApp storage
  • Deliver customers a better ROI when using NetApp storage
  • Supporting customer for hybrid use cases
  • Not applicable, since we only did the validation for NetApp storage
  • Not applicable, but we will validate subsequent versions of SAP Data Intelligence on NetApp storage
We re-validate subsequent version of SAP Data Intelligence, for our customers!

Evaluating SAP Data Intelligence and Competitors

  • Other
We did not purchase SAP Data Intelligence, we used the included 30 day license to finish the validation of SAP Data Intelligence for NetApp storage
Not applicable!

Configuring SAP Data Intelligence

Using Kubernetes made the configuration and installation quite easy - if everything works well. If issues arise it is difficult to do a proper analysis, because of the distributed nature of Kubernetes
Not applicable
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
Not applicable

Using SAP Data Intelligence

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Well integrated
Consistent
Feel confident using
Requires technical support
Slow to learn
Lots to learn
  • Using container technology and running SAP Data Intelligence inside a Kubernetes Cluster has been a good choice
  • Deployment using the new installer is easy
  • Error analysis when some pods do not start

Relationship with SAP

Cooperation with Red Hat for Red Hat OpenShift validation, with SUSE for SUSE Rancher validation and also with SAP was very good!
SUSE, Red Hat and SAP are NetApp partners.
Not applicable!
Not applicable!