
Nuve Platform consists of two main components, the API and the SAP containers. This brief overview illustrates the options for managing and hosting your SAP container instances.

## Nuve API
The API runs on Google Cloud Platform and is fully maintained by Nuve. The API is responsible for communicating with the hyperscaler to enable full life cycle management of SAP containers.  In other words, you can create, suspend, or delete containers, create new images, and control what users have access to perform these functions within your organization. 

## SAP Containers
Containers, related artifacts, and your SAP data reside on a hyperscaler. Customers have two options:

### Nuve Hosted Option
Customers can opt for the most effortless way to deploy and have Nuve host their SAP systems, which are securely hosted on Google Cloud Platform.
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<img src="/images/blog/architecture/nuve-hosted.png" alt="Nuve Platform hosted architecture" />

### Customer Hosted Option
Customers with existing contracts with a hyperscaler and want comprehensive control over their data can host SAP systems on their own hyperscaler account. Currently supported hyperscalers include GCP, AWS, and Azure.
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<img src="/images/blog/architecture/customer-hosted.png" alt="Nuve Platform customer hosted architecture" />


At a high level, Nuve Platform consists of two main components, the API and the SAP containers. Learn the options for managing and hosting your SAP container instances.

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