What's Your
S/4HANA
Content Strategy?
Most organizations planning S/4HANA migrations focus on data, processes, and custom code. But there’s a critical cost factor IT Directors and SAP Program Managers consistently miss, and it could add $150K+ to your annual infrastructure bill.
The 15 years of documents, attachments, and content embedded in your SAP system.
If that content migrates to S/4HANA’s in-memory HANA database, your annual infrastructure bill could spike by $75K-$275K. Every year. For years.
In 30 minutes, we will walk you through how much HANA memory cost you are carrying forward and how to eliminate it.
The $150K+ SAP Cost
Most Teams Only Discover
After Migration
What was cheap disk storage in ECC
becomes premium HANA memory spend in S/4HANA.
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Your ECC system has been accumulating content for 10-15+ years. Purchase orders, vendor contracts, scanned invoices, email attachments, archived business objects, all sitting in database tables like SOFFCONT1, ArchiveLink repositories, and print spools.
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In ECC, this was inconvenient. In S/4HANA, it becomes expensive.
ECC
(Today)
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Storage Type
Disk-based database
Economics
Low-cost storage
Your Content
20-50TB typical(SOFFCONT1 alone: 200-900GB)
S/4 Hana (Tomorrow)
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Storage Type
In-memory HANA
Economics
Premium memory pricing
Your Content
Same 20-50TB
(stored in HANA)
The Impact
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​Annual Cost Increase
For a Typical Mid-Size Organization is Estimated at
$75K – $275K Per Year
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Whether you’re planning S/4HANA migration or already live on S/4HANA, content embedded in your system is consuming expensive HANA memory.
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Most organizations don’t discover the cost impact until:
– Mid-migration during performance testing (6-12 months into programme)
– Post-go-live when annual HANA bills arrive (6-12 months after go-live)
By then, you’re paying $75K-$275K annually for content that could live elsewhere.
The best time to address this was before migration. The second-best time is now.
Six Risks
You're Carrying Forward
If content offload isn’t part of your S/4HANA migration plan, you’re carrying forward six risks that compound over time.
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Your S/4HANA migration will spike HANA memory costs by 300-500% if documents stay embedded in SAP.
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Migrating 15 years of embedded SAP content adds 6-12 months to your S/4HANA programme and multiplies technical risk.
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Content trapped in SAP is ungoverned, unclassified, and invisible to AI, blocking your automation initiatives.
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Content stored in SAP has limited retention controls, and inconsistent governance. A regulatory time bomb.
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After go-live, users can't find historical documentation because it's still trapped in the old system or worse, lost.
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When your content lives in SAP, you're locked into SAP even if you want to change ERP systems.
Is This Assessment
Right for Your Organization?
docuflow + encore
The Modern SAP Content Stack
​Cloud-Native, SAP-Certified, Clean Core Aligned, AI-Ready
Traditional SAP archiving approaches fall short. Legacy ECM platforms (OpenText, IBM ICC) often increase migration complexity rather than reduce it with high licensing costs, complex infrastructure, and limited cloud readiness.
The modern alternative: Docuflow + Encore.
Result: Lower HANA costs. Faster migration. Future-proof architecture.
Deployed in 60–90 days. AI-ready from day one.
Ready to Quantify Your
HANA Content Risk?
Book a free 30-minute assessment call to see how much HANA memory cost and migration risk you can eliminate.
No obligation. No sales pressure. Just clarity.
Scalability & Flexibility
We understand that your business needs are dynamic, which is why Encore is designed to adapt to your growth. As your business expands, so does the power of our technology, effortlessly accommodating increased content demands and user interactions. Encore's adaptability not only optimizes your budget but also provides peace of mind, knowing that our solution grows with you.