CBW NLS High Speed Query Access

to Database and Nearline Storage

Speed up Your SAP BW Queries with Column-based Technology

Dr. Klaus Zimmer, PBS Software GmbH

Agenda

Motivation Nearline Storage in SAP BW

Architecture Column-based Databases and CBW NLS

Retrieval Seamless Access to NLS, Archive and Database

Success Feedback from Customers

Summary and Outlook

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Challenges in Todays SAP BW

Large and rapidly growing BW database

Poor retrieval performance

Database,
SAP HANA Growing maintenance/admin overhead

Increasing TCO

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Nearline Storage Goals

Reduce & control DB size and growth

Speed up query response time

Simplify backup, DR, maintenance

Seamless query access and data flow

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SAP BW Data Aging Strategies

Near-Line Storage Classic Archive

Data Category Online Database
(read only) (read only)

Frequently read/
changed data
(current/hot)

Infrequently read
data (mature/warm)
Very rarely read data
(aged/cold)

Quelle: SAP AG

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CBW NLS Nearline Storage Solution for BW

End user query Nearline Repository

- IQ, Vectorwise -

PBS CBW
Nearline
SAP NLS Nearline Storage Interface Services

Classical ADK Storage

BW Database SAP Archive Files
SAP HANA PBS Indexes/Aggregates

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Column-based Architecture

Row-based Database Column-based Database

=> ideal for OLTP needs => ideal for OLAP needs

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A...

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B... B2 B5

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C... B3 B...

... B1 B4

Data is stored horizontally in rows Data is stored vertically in columns

Reporting is very I/O-intensive Intrinsic indexing
No effective analyses / reporting Effective data access with few I/O

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Features of CBW NLS Nearline Repositories

Effective NLS data transfer very fast load process

Column-based DB technology no aggregates or indexes

Excellent for large data volumes

Huge data compression (up to 90% and more)

Very fast especially with huge data load

Suitable for very large InfoCubes and systems with many queries

Suitable for ad-hoc queries with nearline access

Very low administration effort

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CBW NLS System Landscape

SAP BW Server PBS CBW NLS Server Nearline Repository

SAP
Gateway

Sybase IQ
PBS CBW NLS
CBW NLS Actian Vectorwise
Server Instance
Database Instance

Minimum Test Hardware CBW NLS supports: Minimum PROD Hardware

4 Core CPU Linux, Unix, others on 8 Core CPU
request
16 GB RAM* Sybase IQ 15.x
32 GB RAM*
130 GB+ HDD Actian Vectorwise 130 GB+ HDD

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Nearline Storage - Admin Efforts

Standard nearline operation

Monitoring and customizing directly from the SAP frontend
Backup of nearline storage (Sybase IQ, Actian Vectorwise):
Full, incremental , incremental since full; virtual, offline OS level

Backup of CBW NLS interface (OS level backup)

No index and aggregate modeling

Tuning options for the nearline repository

Hardware: Add CPU and main memory as needed
Software: dedicated indexes for improved database operation

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Data Transfer to Nearline Storage

SAP Nearline Storage Interface: Data Archiving Process "DAP"

Data transfer via SAP NLS and PBS CBW into the nearline storage
Compression 90%
Very fast and effective data transfer
Transparent process for reload and updates

Cubes
DSO DAP IQ, Vectorwise
PSA
Nearline Storage
Database HANA

PBS enhancement for NLS: PSA archiving

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SAP DAP (i)

Data Archiving Process - set up and customized via the Workbench:

T-RSA1

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SAP DAP (ii)

Create and maintain a data archiving request

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Query Access

Example: Query which compares data of the current year with the previous. Current years
data in the SAP BW database, data of previous year in the nearline storage, accessible via
the SAP nearline interface and PBS CBW NLS:

Current year (BW DB)

Previous year CBW NLS

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CBW Architecture

Query access MultiProvider SAP BW 7.0:

NLS and DB MultiProvider
integration via
VirtualProvider

VP

SAP
InfoCube PBS
Nearline
DataStore Object Nearline Services
Provider

BW Database NLS Repository

SAP HANA

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CBW Administration Cockpit

Administrators frontend to set up and maintain the CBW infrastructure

Select the InfoProvider

Generate InfoProvider for

MultiProvider integration.

Data Browser and NLS Monitor

for flexible maintenance and test
options

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Create a VirtualProvider for MP Integration

The VirtualProvider is generated via a straight process

directly from the CBW Administration Cockpit

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CBW Master Data Snapshots

DSP Data Snapshot Process

BW Query

Characteristics
DAP
Key Figures
BW Database NLS Repository
SAP HANA MD Attributes
DSP
Hierarchies

InfoProvider

<JOIN> Master Data

Hierarchies

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CBW Master Data Snapshots

The setup and maintenance for PBS snapshots for master data and
hierarchies is controlled via the CBW Administration Cockpit

Integrate updates /synchronization for

snapshots into process chains:

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NEW: InfoCube/DSO Snapshots

Replicate BW data with PBS DSP,

e.g. to compare query performance

Original Copied
Query Query

MultiProvider MultiProvider

VP VP VP

BW Database NLS Repository

SAP HANA Data Snapshot Process

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Customer Experience

One of the first PBS CBW NLS customers reported excellent results:

DAP performance storing data in the nearline repository (Sybase IQ):

Transfer rate depends on data structures:
6 million records/h up to 15 million records/h

Data compression in the nearline repository (IQ):

Typical range: 88 % - 95 %

Query response time:

Few seconds (NLS with Sybase IQ) instead of minutes (online DB)

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Customer Success Query Performance

InfoCube with 17 million records Runtime improvement for

Online DB with-w/o aggregates NLS retrieval using IQ

400
DB no aggregates
DB with aggregates
CBW NLS IQ
x 26
200

x4
0
416 s 71 s 16 s

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Summary

Flexible query access to nearline/archive data for InfoCubes and DSO

Effective storage due to large data compression

High data transfer rate into NLS repository

Excellent retrieval speed from NLS repository

Setup of nearline data and access with minimal administration efforts

Very low IQ management efforts and costs

Additional features: PSA archiving and data extraction (Audits)

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Thank you for your attention!

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