SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Fundamentals of SAP Data Archiving
Lesson:
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Fundamentals of SAP Data Archiving
Lesson Duration: 15 minutes
Lesson Overview
Data archiving is used to remove large quantities of data from the database
that is no longer required in the system, but which is to be retained in an
analyzable format. This lesson will define the term data archiving, and
you will learn about reasons for implementing an archiving project. The
process of data archiving will also be outlined.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Define the term data archiving
• Explain the need for data archiving
• Outline the technical process of data archiving
This lesson should explain the fundamentals of data archiving to the
participants. In particular, administrators should be able to explain the
difference between data archiving and seemingly related terms such
as reorganization or backup/restore. Describing the process of a data
archiving project in detail, on the other hand, is not part of this lesson.
Business Example
The management team of your company have decided to implement SAP
data archiving. As a member of the system administration team, you want
to learn about the fundamentals of data archiving.
Introduction
With current database systems, a large data volume can often lead to
performance bottlenecks, which cause bad performance on the user side,
and increased resource costs on the administration side. Data that is
no longer required in the database for applications should therefore be
removed from the database. However, it is often not possible simply to
delete the data, as read access to the data is still frequently required. The
data must therefore be stored outside the database on external storage
media so that it can later be read again.
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