What is SAP Hana

What is SAP HANA?
SAP HANA is a preconfigured out of the box Appliance

•        In-Memory software bundled with hardware delivered from thehardware partner (HP, IBM, CISCO, Fujitsu)
•        In-Memory Computing Engine (“IMCE”)
•        Tools for data modeling, data and life cycle management, security, operations, etc.
•         Real-time Data replication via Sybase Replication Server
•         Support for multiple interfaces 
•         Content packages (Extractors and Data Models) introduced over time

Capabilities Enabled 

•         Analyze information in real-time at unprecedented speeds on large volumes of non-aggregated data.
•         Create flexible analytic models based on real-time and historic business data
•         Foundation for new category of applications (e.g., planning, simulation) to significantly outperform current applications in category 
•         Minimizes data duplication

SAP HANA Database Architecture: