Introduction of SAP HANA 🖧

HANA – High Performance Analytical Appliance

It is an in-memory database, the evolution of SAP HANA technology made sap HANA as a platform.

SAP HANA is the latest ERP Solution from SAP, which is a combination of Hardware and Software. HANA has unprecedented adoption by the SAP customers.

HANA is appliance because it is not just a software like RDBMS system (Relational Database Management System) but is actually a combination of both software and Hardware. We cannot install SAP HANA just like in a normal computer. SAP HANA also available in a single user trial version also which is known as sap HANA Express edition.(20GB)

Only SAP certified vendors IBM, HP are currently producing hardware to install and run SAP Hana. All the data is kept in the RAM.

SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform that is deployable as an on-premise appliance, or in the cloud. It is a revolutionary platform, which is best suited for performing real-time analytics, and developing and deploying real-time applications. At the core of this real-time data platform is the SAP HANA database, which is fundamentally different from any other database engine in the market today. This tutorial will teach you the basics of SAP HANA. The tutorial is divided into sections such as SAP HANA Basics, SAP HANA-Modeling, Reporting, and SAP HANA-SQL. Each of these sections contain related topics with screenshots explaining the SAP HANA database installations.

SAP HANA is a combination of HANA Database, Data Modeling, HANA Administration and Data Provisioning in one single suite.