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I was part of the project that moved Nintendo’s inventory management system from as/400 to SAP HANA in 2015. We had massive queries that ran in seconds that HA
by lobochrome 3y ago
I was part of the project that moved Nintendo’s inventory management system from as/400 to SAP HANA in 2015.
We had massive queries that ran in seconds that HANA with millions blown into the consultants just couldn’t complete in time (nightly billing runs).
The solution in the end was that a lot of complexity and decades of cleverness in adjusting to specific patterns in customer behavior were thrown out and replaced by “the consultant will just adjust that every week by hand”.
Also - I was soooo much faster with a num pad and the terminal than clicking around the SAP GUI. Ultimately part of why I left there.
- chasd00 3y agoIirc as400 hardware and OS was optimized for IO throughout and batch processing. What was the hardware SAP HANA was being deployed on? /no experience with SAP but I’ve never heard a successful story implementing it ever
- hef19898 3y agoBecause you only hear of the failures. Viaot the SAP homepage to get an idea of who is using it, all of those companies implemented it auccessfully at one point. OP isn't saying the SAP implementation wasn't successful so, just expensive (no surprise), and somethings didn't work as begore (no surprise neither).
- patja 3y agoMicrosoft completed a very successful SAP implementation, on SQL Server and Windows. After two failed attempts. I am probably one of the few people who worked on all 3 tries. And prior to that they had a few AS400s running the business.
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- steve1977 3y agoBuuuut HANA is an in-memory DB and the best thing ever since integrated circuits were invented! (if I was to believe Hasso Plattner)