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Lesson: Describing SAP HANA Technology
SAP HANA technology improves data processing performance, but this is not the only reason
for using it.
It is not only about achieving faster response times. Many enterprises are happy with their
optimizations and the resulting response times. However, the following requirements exist:
● We don’t want further aggregates.
● We don’t want redundant data.
● We want a significant reduction of indices and maintenance.
SAP HANA technology provides the following additional benefits:
SAP HANA Additional Benefits
● Significant reduction of data volume.
● Simplification of data models and programs.
● Considerable reduction of backup and restore processes.
● Algorithms can be corrected much faster as physical data. This is supported by reducing
the data volume. Data is prepared at runtime and doesn’t have to be pre-prepared by using
aggregates.
● It’s no longer necessary to spend time programming to get performance under control
(caching...). These resources can now be used for other topics.
● Boardrooms will change dramatically. For example, no powerpoints, but real-time analysis
Duplication is prohibited.
Duplication is prohibited.
of real data and no “sugarcoating” of data.
Unilever, an SAP HANA customer, reported the following advantages from implementing this
technology:
Unilever and SAP HANA
● 4 ERP are consolidated in 1 ERP on SAP HANA.
122 countries
51,000 users
150,000 Customers
16 * 1000 Million transactions per day
500 Million new orders per year
● 38 TB data volume before using SAP HANA technology, and 8TB using SAP HANA
technology.
Backup and restore at < 8 Hours
Failover to high available mode at < 4 Minutes
Restart full DB at 16 Minutes
Load all data to in-memory at 92 Minutes
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