There is no doubt that SAP HANA is a highly optimized and very effective data storage repository, being more advanced than others in this niche. The question then is why organizations want to move databases from SAP HANA to Snowflake.
In this post, we will go into the details and the reasons for businesses wanting to migrate their data from SAP HANA to Snowflake.
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Benefits of Moving Database From SAP HANA to Snowflake
Businesses typically prefer to migrate data from SAP HANA to Snowflake primarily because of security concerns. This move makes sure that data is replicated in different locations thereby adding to increased layers of data safety, a much-needed feature for databases in the current data-driven business environment.
Now let’s dive into the benefits of moving data to Snowflake from SAP HANA.
• Snowflake is a data warehousing solution that is based in the cloud. Hence it offers fully-automated facilities for data compression and storage and increased database performance. There is no need to build indexes or carry out any internal changes when moving databases from SAP HANA to Snowflake.
• Data in its native form – unstructured, semi-structured, or structured – can be directly moved to Snowflake without formatting it first. This is true for SAP as well as other third-party applications.
• The structure of Snowflake is very user-friendly and enables easy and seamless processing of SAP data. SAP users can get access to actionable data from a single source that helps them to follow FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles.
• Once the data is migrated from SAP HANA to Snowflake, users get genuine business content with which they can undertake multiple
intricate queries, data loading, and report generation.
• One of the most important benefits of this form of database migration is monetary savings. No fixed data storage capabilities need to be downloaded from Snowflake regardless of whether it is used or not by paying fixed rates. Instead, users can download the data storage volume they need only by paying for the resources used. Any extra data storage required can be downloaded quickly by paying for it only.
The only pre-condition for moving data from SAP HANA to Snowflake is that both the source and the target databases must be continuously kept in sync.
When you move data to Snowflake from SAP HANA you must first identify the data and know precisely what needs to be moved. Typically, these include tables and databases, data usage patterns, the duration in which data must be regularly updated to Snowflake, and the scripts and applications that will be used in the migration process. Also, fix the applications and the users who will be permitted to access the tables and the databases.
The data migration process is fully automated and only after this stage is finalized and completed can the degree of support required for migrating SAP HANA to Snowflake be decided
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