This post is a follow on to the video on Systems Architecture here (video). I’ll describe how HANA, the Platform … More
Tag: SAP
CPUs and HW for HANA, BLU, Hekaton, and Oracle 12c
This short post is intended to provide a quick warning regarding in-memory columnar and cpu requirements… with a longer post … More
BLU Meanies: Data In-memory
IBM is presenting a DB2 Tech Talk that compares the BLU Accelerator to HANA. There are several mistakes and some … More
Oracle 12c IMDB Announcement at OOW13
I changed the picture to show you the billboard SAP bought on US101N right across from the O HQ… – … More
Thoughts on AWS Redshift…
The shared-nothing architecture has, from the beginning, offered the promise of using hardware to solve performance problems rather than applying … More
My 4 Cents: Vertica and Paraccel 1Q2013
Summary Vertica is the product I saw the most. In fact before they were acquired they were beginning to pop … More
The Teradata Myth of Query Concurrency
When I was at Greenplum… and now again at SAP… I ran into a strange logic from Teradata about query … More
Teradata’s HANA Mathematics
I recently pointed out some silliness published by Teradata to several SAP prospects. There is more nonsense that was sent … More
Microsoft SQL Server Announcements – November 2012
Here is one I composed for SAP on the HANA blog about the recent Microsoft SQL Server announcements that is … More
HANA and ABAP
One more surprise… In the past SAP applications have, in general, avoided using database features. Even a SELECT with … More
