There are many database benchmarking and testing tools that can be used to understand how a system might behave under specific circumstances. Each one of these has a specialism, some of them are designed for unit testing while others are workload oriented. After several years working towards this goal I am excited to announce my […]
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While creating and publishing the SAP HANA scripts , I wanted to bring some of the excellent design aspects of Pure Storage® products to customers running SAP HANA on FlashArray//X. Some of these excellent design aspects include a very well defined and easy to use REST API , the software developer kits (SDK’s) for Powershell
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One of the recent projects I have been very proud to deliver was the creation of an open source repository on GitHub, containing scripts to help customers automate SAP HANA storage operations with common scripting languages like Microsoft PowerShell and Python. The initial scripts committed to this public repository will help customers create application consistent
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Ever since I began working with enterprise storage arrays such as Pure Storage FlashArray//X, storage snapshots have been a constant presence. In my journey of fully understanding the various aspects of snapshots, I found myself looking to Wikipedia and found an excellent definition for a snapshot: “In computer systems a snapshot is the state of
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Virtual volumes(vVols ) have changed the way organizations think about how virtual machine storage operates.When using vVols, a layer of complexity is removed to allow the virtual infrastructure administrator to deliver more precise storage service levels and have more direct control over how storage is consumed by virtual infrastructure. Cody Hosterman blogged about the Introduction
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While writing and developing content for SAP HANA on Pure Storage® FlashArray™ or Pure Cloud Block Store™ (CBS), I have developed some scripts that speed up some of the operations which organizations using SAP HANA on Pure Storage products could also make use of. To that end, I have created a repository for SAP HANA
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During the last year I have persistently explored how the SAP® HANA® in-memory data platform can be protected. Some of these explorations range from working with storage snapshots , protecting business operations through the use of ActiveCluster™ and creating resilient environments through the combination of both concepts. Recently I have embarked on creating demonstrations on
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I have previously blogged about SAP HANA NSE and the impact of using it with Pure Storage products. One of the key areas I believe differentiates NSE from other warm data techniques is the inclusion of a component to analyse and provide recommendations on if data should be set to use NSE , or not.
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Data growth and managing the costs involved with it are becoming an increasingly important aspect of any deployed business system. When addressing this issue with SAP HANA there are a range of considerations which need to be taken into account: License cost (SAP HANA is licensed on used memory capacity and feature usage) Hardware cost
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