Hi
I am supporting a SAP-customer on Solman-topics and we are looking at potentially starting the AWS-CAL trial for Solman 7.2 but would appreciate some input regarding costs for decision making from those of you who have already gained some experiences. I have studied quite some material available here at SCN and from SAP and list my conclusions and questions below. Looking forward to your feedback and answers.
1) SAP instructs to create an AWS-account of type AWS Free Tier and with Basic Support -> this would according to my understanding mean no cost for AWS for 12 months.
Detailed info about AWS Free tier to be found at: https://aws.amazon.com/free/?nc2=h_mo and https://aws.amazon.com/free/faqs/
Q1 Do the features being packaged into this AWS Free tier allow complete deployment of the SolMan 7.2 CAL instance or do you need to make use of billable features (either as necessity or as "usage gets more convenient"-feature)? My impression from discussions here at SCN is that the latter might be the case (e.g. sizing influences costs, EBS (?) or Static IP are to be paid)...!? --> what is your experience and choice of options and effect on costs?
2) The suspending of the instance reduces costs.
Q2 What features are continuing to cost while the instance is closed for use? What is the related cost for and can it be influenced/minimized in any way?
The following discussions give hints regarding extra cost asked about in Q1&Q2,
3) SAP offers the CAL SolMan for 90 days for free.
Q3 What are the costs to continue using the AWS-based instance after day 90? Did anyone discuss this with SAP already?
I hope those of you who have gathered experiences are willing to share them.
Best regards - Ingo
PS - SAP states in the third FAQ at (SAP Cloud Appliance Library (CAL) - Trial Solutions - FAQ), that "Each of the offered trial solutions are being provisioned in Amazon AWS and use different instance sizes. For each of the trial offerings we created a “Getting Started” guide, which outlines the used instance sizes and the associated costs.In addition you will also see estimated costs, which is calculated based on the current hourly rates, when you start the instance for your trial."
I cannot find this info in the Solman 7.2 CAL Getting Started Guide available at the link below and I wonder if anyone got hold of this info (relates back to my Q1)