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Hana hysteria

The SAP Hana database is unbeatable because it cannot be compared.
Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine
March 30, 2020
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This text has been automatically translated from German to English.

In the "underground" and back office of the SAP community, there is a scientific discourse about Hana, big data and open source. A "Hana hysteria" has broken out because it has become obvious that Hana brings simplification and speed, but hardly any scaling on a cloud platform.

The vast majority of Hana applications in the cloud are based on the T-shirt sizes specified by SAP. A flexible cloud configuration, as is possible with all other SQL databases, is not yet provided for with Hana. How "good" is Hana really?

Very difficult to say, because AnyDB does not exist for S/4, so there is no possibility of comparison. A business, organizational, technical and licensing evaluation would only be possible if S/4 was customized and could run in parallel on Hana, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server and MaxDB.

Until then, the Hana database is like flying blind in the fog for existing SAP customers, partners, hosters and hyperscalers. You can read the E-3 educational mission on the topic of "Hana 3" from today in the online PDF April 2020 on page 18 by E-3 author and former SAP employee Werner Dähn (and from next Monday, March 30, in the print magazine).

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Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine

Peter M. Färbinger, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief E3 Magazine DE, US and ES (e3mag.com), B4Bmedia.net AG, Freilassing (DE), E-Mail: pmf@b4bmedia.net and Tel. +49(0)8654/77130-21


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