Nearline Storage for Big Data combined with SAP HANA Prof. Dr. Detlev Steinbinder, PBS Software GmbH
Agenda PBS Software GmbH, Introduction Big Data in SAP Environments Today Nearline Storage PBS Nearline Storage Solution CBW NLS IQ Customer Experience Summary 2
PBS Software GmbH Founded in 1991, privately owned Worldwide more than 1400 customers Over 4000 PBS archive add ons installed Longterm and intensive cooperation with SAP in Information Lifecycle Management and Nearline Storage 3
Big Data in SAP Environments Today Operational SAP Applications ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM, IS-U, IS-Oil, Bank Analyzer, Analytical SAP Applications SAP Netweaver Business Warehouse SAP Business Intelligence Main data stocks in classical SAP Environments Non SAP Applications Retailing, POS Systems, Financial Applications, Billing Systems E-Commerce Systems, 4
Big Data in SAP Environments Today Customer Scenario SAP ERP (IT Industry, USA) Customer Scenario SAP BW (Retail, Europe) ERP Database > 60 TB Data Archive > 200 TB BW Database > 16 TB BWA Blades Essential Problems: Increased costs for system operation Solution: All Data in SAP HANA??? Performance/Stability problems 5
Nearline Storage SAP World: Traditional DB/ In-Memory DB Nearline DB Archive Source: DW 2.0, Inmon, Strauss Neushloss Morgan Kaufman 2008 6
Nearline Storage in SAP BW BW Database InfoCubes DSO Metadata SAP Nearline Storage Interface (NLS) 3rd Party NLS Interface InfoCubes DSO Metadata Nearline Database Traditional database TDB + BWA SAP HANA SAP BW Any database technology SAP Nearline Storage Interface available since BW 3.5 (approx. 7 years) 7
Nearline Storage Goals Reduce & control DB size and growth Speed up query response time Simplify backup and maintenance Seamless query access and data flow Improve migration to SAP BW on HANA 8
CBW NLS Nearline Storage Solution for SAP BW End user query Nearline Database - IQ - SAP NLS Nearline Storage Interface PBS CBW Nearline Services BW Database SAP HANA Classical ADK Storage SAP Archive Files PBS Indexes/Aggregates 9
System Landscape SAP BW Server PBS CBW NLS Server Nearline Database CBW NLS IQ SAP Gateway PBS CBW NLS IQ Server Instance Sybase IQ Database Instance CBW is optimal integrated into the SAP Nearline Storage Interface. CBW interface components are controlling the communication between SAP BW and CBW nearline database Sybase IQ. 10
Features of the CBW Nearline Database IQ Effective NLS data transfer very fast load process into IQ Column-based DB technology no aggregates or indexes Excellent for large data volumes Excessive data compression (up to 90% and more) Very fast data load Suitable for very large InfoCubes and systems with many queries Suitable for ad-hoc queries with nearline access Very low administration effort 11
Nearline Monitor 12
Query Access Actual Year (BW DB) The NLS-Flag allows drill down to Nearline Data Previous Year CBW NLS IQ 13
Customer Experience Data transfer into nearline database: approx. 30 millions records/hour Reduction of database volume: generally > 50 % Data compression: typical range: 88 % - 95 % Query response time: few seconds 14
Summary Significant cost savings Proven in production environments Important tool for the transition to SAP HANA Every HANA installation should be supplemented by nearline storage solution 15
Thank you for your attention! PBS Software GmbH Schwanheimer Strasse 144a 64625 Bensheim Telefon: 06251-174 0 Fax: 06251-174 174 E-Mail: info@pbs-software.com Internet: www.pbs-software.com
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