HotPath for ERP: Autonomous Workload Optimizer
9/10
Demand Score
Slow or stalling ERP transactions cause lost sales, missed SLAs, and unplanned downtime; scaling costs explode without tuning.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
ERP‑aware performance optimizer that captures live workload (SQL traces, pg_stat/AWR/Extended Events), identifies the heaviest business transactions, and auto‑proposes safe indexes, partitioning, and
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Competitor Landscape
- SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
- EverSQL
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- AWS DevOps Guru for RDS
- Vendor DB advisors (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server)
- SAP CCMS/CCMS‑like tools
Must-Have Features for MVP
Non‑intrusive workload capture and correlation to business functions
Automated index/partition/materialized view recommendations
CDC‑aware cache with precise invalidation
Query rewrite hints and ORM tuning guides
Shadow testing, canary deploys, and instant rollback
Async pattern templates for long‑running jobs
SLO dashboards (P50/P95 latency, throughput, cost)
Guardrails aligned to ERP vendor support policies
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Change‑management approvals for DB/index changes
- ERP vendor supportability constraints
- On‑prem network access/security reviews
- Complex customizations masking root causes
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- 50–80% reduction in P95 latency for key transactions
- 2–5x faster heavy reports/MRPs
- Avoided hardware/cloud spend through optimization
- No major incidents during changes (verified by rollback tests)
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