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SAP HANA To-Do list for 2026
Prepare for the 2026 project year! The following items should be on the agenda: (
Link to the official SAP Release Strategy ):
- S/4 HANA maintenance (details)
- Linux update/upgrade (SLES 15/RHEL 9 is a MUST) for the use of new HANA versions (SPS8+) incl. S/4HANA 2025
- Check S/4HANA Compatibility Packs (details)
- Usage of new HANA features like:
- Data Tiering: NSE (Native Storage Extension) - also usable for BSoH or BW/4HANA!
- Data Tiering: Inverted Individual Indexes
- Data Tiering: NLS (Near Line Storage)
- Partitioning (dyn. Range / Aging)
- Workload Management
- Update / conversion to SAP S/4HANA 2025 (Prerequisite min. HANA SPS8!)
- Performance checks with HANA HEX Engine (details)
- Valid cloud strategy for the coming years (RISE check)
We prepare the way for you with a stable basis based on our best practice and best experience approaches. This also includes security-relevant aspects such as password policies and auditing.
Plan your upgrade, migration or conversion in the context of HANA now.
HANA Performance
Wir führen zusammen mit Ihnen eine Analyse des Systems durch. Dazu benötigen wir keinen direkten Zugriff zu dem betroffenen System. Mit direktem Zugriff via HANA Cockpit können wir den Vorgang auch individualisieren. Unter den Prüfungen befinden sich ebenso Empfehlungen zur Partitionierung.
SAP HANA News by XLC
The topic of HANA performance is one of the most discussed topics in nearly every single SAP project we are involved. Performance has always been an important aspect in general; however, particularly when switching databases or application releases - whether moving from anyDB to HANA or, more specifically, from ERP on
There are multiple DMO scenarios and use cases. We heard of many confusions and mixed up statements which we want to order:
SUM can not only update software components, but can also execute a database migration (for ABAP based systems)