Executive Summary This is our database rating for SAP HANA across the most important criteria for database usage. The Rankings Our rankings allow comparisons across the various databases. The scores in each category are from one to five, with the higher the value, the better that database is rated in that area. View the Index Back…
Executive Summary HANA has performance problems when supporting transaction processing applications like S/4HANA. We cover one possible reason for this. Video Introduction: Why SAP HANA Has Problems with Transaction Processing Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP proposed that HANA is optimal for processing either OLAP or OLTP. And SAP had a specific…
Executive Summary We have devised one of the most difficult challenges in all of IT. To pass it, one must write out the claims made by SAP on HANA. Introduction SAP made many claims about HANA, and one of the most inaccurate was that HANA was not only a database but so many other unrelated…
Executive Summary For years Mark Chalfen provided information about HANA, S/4HANA, and SOH to the market. This is a study that measure’s Mark Chalfen’s accuracy. Introduction Mark Chalfen of Bluefin Solutions published several blog posts around S/4HANA, SOH, and also HANA. This study was created to catalog many (but certainly not all) of Chalfen’s statements…
Executive Summary For years John Appleby provided information about HANA to the market. There was a specific timing to when Appleby released false information around HANA. Video Introduction: John Appleby’s False HANA Statements and the Mindtree Acquisition Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) We covered in The Appleby Accuracy Checker: A Study into…
Executive Summary For years John Appleby provided information about HANA to the market. This is a study that measure’s John Appleby’s accuracy. Introduction HANA was introduced in 2011, although little actually happened with HANA in 2011. In 2012 and particularly into 2013 and forward, John Appleby of Bluefin Solutions published large amounts of inaccurate HANA…
Executive Summary SAP has made enormous claims around HANA, but data points from the field contradict these claims. In this article, we cover one of these case studies versus DB2. Introduction We have been publishing individual case studies for HANA. In each case study, there is information in dramatic opposition to what is generally published…
Executive Summary SAP has used the SD benchmarks for years for other databases. Four years into S/4HANA, SAP has no benchmarks for S/HANA SD or ECC SD on HANA. Introduction SAP has used the SD benchmarks for years to test for transaction processing performance, but something peculiar happened when SAP released HANA, and the benchmarking…
Executive Summary SAP developed a new benchmark to make HANA look good. We cover the problems with creating a benchmark for BW. Introduction After SAP HANA was released in 2011, SAP created the BW-EML benchmark (renamed the BWAML) and the BWH benchmark. Both of these benchmarks were for SAP’s BW application. SAP published no HANA…
Executive Summary John Appleby made bold predictions on HANA. We review how accurate he was in his article on a Historical View on HANA. Introduction John Appleby’s article on the SAP HANA blog was titled What is SAP HANA? A Look Through The History Of The Automobile and was published on Dec 27, 2013. We…