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(SM-2508) AWS (Amazon Web Services)

(SM-2508) AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Sept 17, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud service from Amazon. It provides services in the form of building blocks that you can use to create and deploy any type of application in the cloud. These services or building blocks are designed to work with each other and result in applications that are sophisticated and highly scalable. 

In this section:

Each type of service can be categorized under a domain. Examples of domains that are widely used: 

  • Compute 

  • Storage 

  • Database 

  • Migration 

  • Network and Content Delivery 

  • Security & Identity Compliance 

From an SNP perspective, the domains Storage and Database are the relevant ones.

SNP supports the storage service S3 and the database service Redshift: 

  • S3 is frequently used as a landing zone for integration scenarios with Kyano Glue, or as a cost-efficient storage for Kyano Outboard Datatiering. 

  • Redshift is used in scenarios when Glue transfers the data into a directly consumable form or as a fast Outboard Datatiering storage suitable for frequently accessed data. 

For more information on how to set up these storages, see the chapter (SM-2508) S3/Redshift Storage Setup.

Costs

On top of Kyano Glue and Kyano Outboard licenses, you need to consider the costs associated with resources deployed on AWS when storing data in S3 or Redshift. 

These costs will mostly depend on the following: 

  1. Whether your storage is cold S3 storage or hot Redshift storage. 

  1. The GBs of data stored. 

  1. The frequency and amount of data retrieval.

If you only use S3, check the S3 pricing to estimate the costs. The price depends on the amount of data stored, the number of requests, and the amount of data retrieved from S3. 

For small deployments in which 500 GB (after compression) of data is stored, and the same amount of data is queried back to SAP in a month, the total costs are approximately USD 20 per month. 

For deployments that require a Redshift database, check the Redshift pricing. In addition to Redshift compute costs, you will also be charged for S3, which is used as intermediate storage when writing to Redshift. 

For small deployments in which 500 GB (before compression) of data is stored in Redshift, it costs use case and usage patterns. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to obtain an estimate for your scenario.