SAP HANA 2.0: An Introduction

... Preface ... 17

... Who Should Read This Book? ... 17

... How This Book is Organized ... 18

... Acknowledgments and Dedication ... 24

1 ... Introduction ... 27

1.1 ... What Is SAP HANA? ... 27

1.2 ... Key Capabilities ... 30

1.3 ... Key Benefits ... 34

1.4 ... Finding Customer Stories and Use Cases ... 39

1.5 ... Industry Analysts ... 41

1.6 ... The Road Ahead ... 43

1.7 ... Licensing and Maintenance ... 46

1.8 ... Summary ... 49

2 ... Technology Overview ... 51

2.1 ... In-Memory Database Concepts ... 52

2.2 ... System Architecture Overview ... 57

2.3 ... Editions ... 67

2.4 ... What's New: Support Package Stacks and Revisions ... 70

2.5 ... Deployment Options ... 84

2.6 ... Summary ... 93

3 ... Administration ... 95

3.1 ... Role and Tools ... 96

3.2 ... System Administration ... 105

3.3 ... SAP HANA Lifecycle Management ... 130

3.4 ... Application Server Administration ... 141

3.5 ... Summary ... 145

4 ... Development ... 147

4.1 ... Role and Tools ... 148

4.2 ... SQL and SQLScript ... 154

4.3 ... Analytic Modeling ... 160

4.4 ... SAP HANA Extended Application Services ... 163

4.5 ... Core Data Services ... 169

4.6 ... SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure ... 171

4.7 ... Application Lifecycle Management ... 173

4.8 ... JSON Document Store ... 174

4.9 ... SAP Cloud Platform ... 177

4.10 ... Client Interfaces ... 181

4.11 ... Web-Based Data Access ... 195

4.12 ... SAP HANA, Express Edition ... 201

4.13 ... SAP HANA Interactive Education ... 206

4.14 ... Summary ... 210

5 ... Advanced Analytics ... 213

5.1 ... Roles and Tools ... 215

5.2 ... Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning ... 218

5.3 ... Spatial Data Processing ... 228

5.4 ... Graph Data Processing ... 232

5.5 ... Series Data Processing ... 235

5.6 ... Text Analytics and Search ... 237

5.7 ... SAP HANA Streaming Analytics ... 243

5.8 ... Summary ... 246

6 ... Security ... 247

6.1 ... Roles and Tools ... 248

6.2 ... User Management ... 251

6.3 ... Data Privacy and Protection ... 268

6.4 ... Auditing ... 278

6.5 ... SAP HANA XS Security ... 281

6.6 ... Additional Security Considerations and Concerns ... 281

6.7 ... Summary ... 282

7 ... Data Integration ... 285

7.1 ... Roles and Tools ... 286

7.2 ... SAP HANA Data Management Suite ... 287

7.3 ... Enterprise Information Management ... 291

7.4 ... Data Federation with SAP HANA Smart Data Access ... 297

7.5 ... Remote Data Synchronization ... 298

7.6 ... Data Replication ... 300

7.7 ... Big Data ... 303

7.8 ... Summary ... 306

8 ... Data Architecture ... 309

8.1 ... Roles and Tools ... 310

8.2 ... SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer ... 311

8.3 ... Scaling SAP HANA ... 314

8.4 ... Data Tiering ... 320

8.5 ... Data Distribution ... 326

8.6 ... SAP HANA Data Warehousing Foundation ... 331

8.7 ... Summary ... 335

9 ... Data Center Architecture ... 337

9.1 ... Roles and Tools ... 338

9.2 ... Implementation Overview ... 340

9.3 ... Deployment Options ... 344

9.4 ... On-Premise SAP HANA ... 350

9.5 ... Hardware Technologies ... 352

9.6 ... Operating System Platforms ... 356

9.7 ... Infrastructure-as-a-Service Providers ... 360

9.8 ... Migration ... 364

9.9 ... High Availability and Disaster Recovery ... 368

9.10 ... System Replication ... 371

9.11 ... Network Administration and Landscape Management ... 374

9.12 ... Summary ... 379

10 ... Training and Support ... 381

10.1 ... Training ... 381

10.2 ... SAP Services and Support ... 400

10.3 ... SAP Community ... 411

10.4 ... SAP Events ... 413

10.5 ... User Groups, Alliances, and More ... 416

10.6 ... Summary ... 419

... The Author ... 421

... Index ... 423