When was SAP HANA officially launched?

2011
What did the acronym HANA originally stand for?
Hasso's New Architecture
How many integer scans per second per core does the SAP HANA database perform on
the Ivy Bridge processor?
3.5 billion
How many aggregations can be performed per second per core in the SAP HANA datab
ase?
Approximately 12.5-15 million
What is meant by intra-operator parallelism?
The ability to run part of a job of an operator in parallel
What are row structures used for?
For keeping extremely high volume transactions in buffer before data is merged i
nto columnar main store
What does optimistic latch-free index traversal enable you to do?
Store a transaction in-memory without locking the index.
How often should you perform a dynamic projection?
As often as you need to
When you organize data in columns, what does integrated compression enable you t
o do?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
Use a dictionary to store bits instead of real data values.
Reduce the size of a column.
Use a dictionary to store bits instead of real data values.
Reduce the size of a column.
"Hot and Cold" storage
Partitioning and scale-out
Insert-only
What does partitioning and scale-out enable you to do?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
Create divisions between columns and store them on different machines.
Split large columns into several parts across different machines.
What are some of the benefits of "hot and cold"?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
Improved performance
Additional compression in memory
In the context of the SAP HANA database, what is AFL?
A way to integrate custom function libraries safely
What distinguishes customers who belong to the 10,000 club?
They have deployed the SAP HANA database to improve performance by 10,000 times.
According to Dr. Sikka, what do we need to re-think in the age of SAP HANA?
Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
The notion of benchmarks for information processing systems
The concept of performance itself
Which products does SAP plan to run on SAP HANA?
Every product
Which application development options exist with SAP HANA?
Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
Native
Open
Integrated
How many start-up companies are building products on SAP HANA?
>800
What does Dr. Sikka believe is the cornerstone of SAP's future?
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
For the journey ahead with SAP HANA, what is the only limitation?
Your imagination