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S/4HANA with Persistent MemoryFaster time-to-value insights
Vijaykumar S Kulageri
Head – SAP Solutions, Lenovo Asia Pacific
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It is ➔
SAP HANA (S/4HANA, BW/4HANA ……)
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Mission Critical TCO Complex IT Environment
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Traditional 2-tier architecture
Why/what/How ?
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A memory/storage tier which can be best of both the worlds
What do I need then?
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CAPACITYPERFORMANCEAFFORDABILITY
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New class of memory & storage innovation
Persistent Memory
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Intel® Optane™ PMEM
Available in 128GB, 256GB & 512GB DIMM Sizes
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Secondary tier between DRAM & Persistent storage
Intel® Optane™ PMEM
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Seamless integration with DDR4
Intel® Optane™ PMEM
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Advanced features
What does PMEM Offer?
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Advanced features
What does PMEM Offer?
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Advanced features
What does PMEM Offer?
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Hardware perspective
How Intel PMEM works with SAP HANA
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2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
DRAM Memory Persistent Memory
Memory Controller
Cores
DDR4
SoftwareSAP HANA 2 SP03 or higher
HANA 2 Cockpit SPS12 or higher
OSRHEL 7.6 or SUSE 12 SP4 or higher
Working Memory
Scratch Pad
Row Store
DDR4
Columnar Store
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DB perspective
SAP HANA on Intel PMEM
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Supported DRAM/PMEM scenario’s
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Per CPU
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
PMEM or DRAM
DRAM
DRAM Only
6x DRAM Modules
Or
12x DRAM Modules
DRAM + PMEM
6x DRAM Modules
and
6x PMEM Modules
Available DIMM sizes
DRAM: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
PMEM: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
Mem
Ctrl
Mem
Ctrl
Configurations with 2:1/1:1/1:2 & 1:4
are Supported
PMEM
DRAM
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Example
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Total:3,072 GB
Storage Storage
DRAM:3,072 GB
64 64
64 64
64
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64
64 64
64 64
64 64
64 64
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64 64
64 64
64 64
64 64
64
6464
64
64 64
64 64
64 64
64 64
64
6464
64
64 64
64 64
Total:4,608 GB
DRAM:1,536 GB
64 128
64 128
64
12864
128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64
12864
128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64
12864
128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64 128
64
12864
128
64 128
64 128
DRAM used for Working Memory PMEM used to store HANA Main Data
HANA DB
Persistent Memory:3,072 GB
DRAM used to store HANA Main Data
Existing HANA 1 / HANA 2 Systems2nd Generation Intel Xeon Processor
based SAP HANA 2 SP03+
Storage
HANA DB:1,536 GB
Working Memory:1,536 GB
Working Memory:1,536 GB
4-CPU system: DRAM vs. Intel Optane Persistent Memory Modules
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ABAP Sizing report is the best reference point
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APO
ECC ECC
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DRAM Only
Implementation options
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(Physical Layer)
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PMEM App-direct mode
Implementation options
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(Physical Layer)
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PMEM Memory mode
Implementation options
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(Physical Layer)
(Logical Layer)
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PMEM vs SAP HANA Fast restart option
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Scenario DCPMM Fast Restart Option
HANA restart Yes Yes
HANA service restart Yes Yes
HANA upgrade/service patch Yes Yes
Operating system update/service patch Yes No
Server reboot (planned) Yes No
Server reboot (HW failure) Yes No
Power outage Yes No
BIOS/firmware update Yes No
HW upgrade w/o Persistent Memory replacement Yes No
• The Fast Restart option is a bridge technology for environments with servers that do not support DCPMM.
• Like DCPMM, it provides less downtime, but not the cost efficiency of DCPMM.
Comparison table below indicates which cases in-memory data can be reused without reading data from persistent storage (disk).
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Memory density : Customers data in a 4 CPU System
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Intel Xeon Processor
E7-8894v3
1st Gen Intel Xeon
Scalable processors
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor
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1.5
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2
3
1.5
DRAM used to store SAP HANA Main Data in TB
DRAM used for Working Memory in TB
PMEM used to store SAP HANA Main Data in TB
1.5
3
Intel® Optane ™ Persistent Memory
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Intel Xeon Processor
E7-8894v4
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3
1.5
1.5
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1.5
1.5
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1.53 3
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Real world use cases for SAP HANA
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TCO50% more memory for similar cost
Bigger datasetsReal time queries on bigger
datasets(Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, etc.) enable faster time to value
Insights Memory Density
Landscape ConsolidationOperational Efficiencies and Developer
Efficiencies
Uptime128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
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SAP HANA Certified Appliance with 8S & 36TB Memory support
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 with Intel PMEM is a workhorse !!
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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950
Intel Optane PMEM
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