SAP Basis Administration Handbook, NetWeaver Edition

Significance of Business Data

Generally, SAP systems are categorized as mission-critical systems because they are used for performing online financial transactions and are the system of record for organizations. Depending on the business processes implemented at a given organization, these systems also perform critical business transactions involving manufacturing, sales, human resources and billing. When these systems are down for any length of time, it usually causes significant monetary losses to organizations and, therefore, protecting the systems against any data loss is of paramount importance. Brokerage firms, credit card companies, and online retail organizations are particularly impacted monetarily by any system downtime and business ...