Week 4: Performance Analysis

Unit 1: Analyzing Memory Usage

Analyzing Memory Usage
Memory Analysis application in SAP HANA cockpit

 Displays the current memory usage statistics and their

trend over time
 Offers charts and filters for easy time-based analysis
 Detailed tabular analysis based on components,
subcomponents, tables, and out-of-memory (OOM) events
– Historical overview for host and service
– Used memory by component, categorized by type
– Used memory by subcomponent, filtered by component
– Used memory historical graphs
– Top 10 tables by size and growth
– Occurrences of OOM events, including their reason
 Useful in determining what caused a memory spike,
especially if it resulted in an OOM situation

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Memory Analysis application: technical details

Memory allocation (current and historical) is derived

from SAP HANA system views:
 HOST_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION_STATISTICS
 HOST_SERVICE_MEMORY
 HOST_SERVICE_COMPONENT_MEMORY
 HOST_HEAP_ALLOCATORS
 GLOBAL_ROWSTORE_TABLES_SIZE_BASE
 HOST_COLUMN_TABLES_PART_SIZE
 M_OUT_OF_MEMORY_EVENTS

All views stored in the _SYS_STATISTICS schema

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Analyzing Memory Usage
Step 1: Launch the Memory Analysis application

 Open the Manage Services app by clicking the “Overall Database Status” tile on the Overview page
 Open the Memory Analysis app by clicking the mini bar-chart in the memory column of the service whose
memory statistics you want to inspect

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Step 2: Pick the desired data using the various controls and selections available

Host & Service selection dropdown Time selection Collection frequency

Unit selection dropdown

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Step 3: Inspect the memory statistics using the top chart and select point in time to examine

Memory alerts

Global Allocation Limit

Allocated Memory
Total Used Memory

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Step 4: Examine the used memory by the different components

Used memory by component

Used memory by type

Components’ used memory history

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Step 5: Examine the subcomponents for more details on memory use

Used memory by subcomponent

Filter by component name

Subcomponents used memory history

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Step 6: Examine table size and growth

Top 10 tables by size Top 10 tables by growth

 Table size and growth shows memory distribution across tables and provides a way to determine potentially
fast-growing tables requiring further investigation
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Step 7: Examine OOM events

List of OOM events with reason and SQL statement

 Out-of-memory events show the out-of-memory incidents that have occurred, including the reason for
occurrence and related SQL statement
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