SAP workloads, validated with SAP's own methodology.
Every SAP deployment on MomentumX Sovereign Cloud and HyperEdge 500 is measured with SAP's official HANA Hardware and Cloud Measurement Tool (HCMT) before production. Compute, memory, storage, network. Documented. Delivered with the deployment.
Proven methodology, not a benchmark claim.
SAP's official infrastructure validation utility.
The SAP HANA Hardware and Cloud Measurement Tool (HCMT) is SAP's official infrastructure validation utility. It measures whether a target environment, on-premises or in the cloud, satisfies the compute, memory, storage, and network characteristics required to run SAP HANA in production.
HCMT is authored, maintained, and published directly by SAP. It is the same tool used across the SAP ecosystem to verify that an infrastructure platform is ready to host HANA workloads at production performance.
Seven dimensions of infrastructure readiness.
The utility probes the layers that determine whether SAP HANA will meet its production performance envelope. Each dimension is measured against SAP's published thresholds and captured in the report.
CPU performance
Instruction throughput, single-thread and parallel execution across the socket topology.
Memory bandwidth
Sustained read and write throughput to RAM. Critical for in-memory HANA operations.
Storage throughput
Sequential read and write bandwidth against SAP's data and log volume profiles.
Storage latency
Response time distribution for random I/O against HANA log volume requirements.
Network performance
Point-to-point throughput and latency between HANA nodes, storage, and application tiers.
System consistency
Performance stability across repeated measurement runs. Detects jitter and contention.
Overall infrastructure readiness
Composite verdict on whether the environment is fit for SAP HANA production workloads.
Composite HCMT report, per deployment
All seven dimensions consolidated into a single validation report, delivered as part of the deployment package. Reviewed against SAP's production thresholds before production handover.
From provisioned infrastructure to production, in five documented steps.
This is the sequence run on every SAP deployment, without exception. The same steps, the same tooling, the same evidence handed to your team at the end.
Infrastructure deployment
Sovereign Cloud tenancy or HyperEdge 500 appliance provisioned to the SAP-sized profile.
HCMT installation
SAP's official HCMT utility installed and configured against the target environment.
HCMT execution
Full HCMT measurement runs across compute, memory, storage, and network dimensions.
Reports delivered
HCMT report package prepared, reviewed with the customer's SAP team, and archived.
Production readiness
Infrastructure signed off as ready. Workload cutover proceeds with measured baseline.
Two SAP tools. Two different jobs.
Buyers often confuse the two. HCMT is the deployment-validation tool. Standard Application Benchmarks are the public hardware comparison program. Both are SAP-authored. Only one is used during a customer deployment.
| Attribute | Used in every MomentumX SAP deployment
SAP HCMT | Public hardware program
SAP Standard Application Benchmarks |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Validate that a customer's infrastructure meets SAP HANA production requirements before workload cutover. | Publicly compare hardware platforms via standardised workload runs published by SAP. |
| Who runs it | The infrastructure operator, per deployment, on the customer's actual environment. | Hardware vendors and integrators, in dedicated benchmark labs, for public disclosure. |
| Output | A deployment-specific report of compute, memory, storage, network readiness against SAP's thresholds. | A published benchmark result submitted to SAP for the public benchmark catalog. |
| Frequency | Every SAP deployment. Every environment. | Ad hoc. Typically tied to a hardware platform launch or refresh. |
| Relevance to your project | Directly relevant. It confirms your environment is ready. | Indirectly relevant. Useful as a hardware reference point, not a deployment guarantee. |
One deployment posture. Every environment. Every time.
This validation methodology has been executed across multiple MomentumX SAP deployments and is now the standard deployment process for every SAP environment we deliver. No exception, no shortcut.
Repeatable process
The same five-step workflow runs on every deployment, whether Sovereign Cloud or HyperEdge 500. Repeatable process, repeatable evidence.
Evidence, not claims
Your team receives the HCMT report package as part of deployment documentation. Measured with SAP's own methodology. Auditable by your Basis team.
SAP-authored methodology
Infrastructure readiness is validated with SAP's official utility, not generic synthetic benchmarks. What SAP defines as ready is what we measure against.
Your SAP support relationship, unchanged.
Customers with a valid SAP software license, active SAP maintenance, and a supported SAP environment continue to open SAP Support cases in accordance with SAP's standard support policies. Nothing about running SAP on MomentumX changes that relationship.
What MomentumX adds is infrastructure validation. We use SAP's official HCMT methodology on every deployment to verify that the compute, memory, storage, and network layer meets SAP's performance requirements before your workload goes live. That validation lives underneath your SAP stack; your SAP support entitlement stays with SAP.
Direct answers, no ambiguity.
What is HCMT?
SAP HANA Hardware and Cloud Measurement Tools (HCMT) is SAP's official infrastructure validation utility. It measures whether a compute, memory, storage, and network environment meets the performance requirements to run SAP HANA in production. HCMT is authored and maintained by SAP.
Why is infrastructure validation important?
SAP HANA is an in-memory database with strict performance requirements for CPU, memory bandwidth, storage latency and throughput, and inter-node networking. If any layer underperforms, HANA behaviour at production scale becomes unpredictable. Validating the infrastructure with SAP's own tool removes that uncertainty before production, using SAP's own definition of "ready".
Does HCMT replace SAP licensing?
No. HCMT is an infrastructure measurement utility. Your SAP software licenses, maintenance agreements, and support entitlements come from SAP directly and are unaffected by any infrastructure work we perform.
Can I continue opening SAP Support cases?
Yes. Customers with a valid SAP license, active SAP maintenance, and a supported SAP environment continue to open SAP Support cases according to SAP's standard support policies. The MomentumX infrastructure validation is a layer beneath your SAP stack; it does not alter your SAP support relationship.
Do customers receive the validation reports?
Yes. The HCMT reports generated during your deployment validation are delivered to your team as part of the deployment documentation package. Your SAP Basis team, infrastructure architects, and IT auditors receive the same evidence we use internally to sign off the environment.
Does MomentumX perform HCMT for every SAP deployment?
Yes. HCMT validation is the standard deployment methodology on both MomentumX Sovereign Cloud and HyperEdge 500. Every SAP environment we deliver goes through the same measurement workflow before production handover, without exception.
Read SAP directly.
Move SAP to sovereign infrastructure, with measured confidence.
Talk to the MomentumX SAP infrastructure team. We will walk your Basis and architecture teams through the validation methodology, the HCMT deliverables, and the deployment posture on Sovereign Cloud and HyperEdge 500.
