Create an in-memory temporary database using the SAP Control Center
Administration Console.
Prerequisites
Consider these database attributes:
- Size:
-
sp_estspace helps you estimate table
and index space requirements based on the definition of a specific
table.
- Space for planned views, stored procedures, defaults,
rules, and triggers.
- Size of the transaction log.
- Space for anticipated expansion.
- Database device location, and whether there is enough space on that device.
- Transaction log location – SAP recommends that you store the transaction log on
a different device than the data.
- In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand .
- Click In-Memory Temporary Databases.
- Click the drop-down arrow and select New.
You see the Add In-Memory Temporary Database wizard.
- On the Introduction screen, select the server in which to create a database.
- On the Database screen, enter the name of the database you want to create.
- (Optional) On the Devices screen, enter the size of the new database. If you do not enter a size, the default size allocated is 3MB. You can specify separately the amount of space to allocate to the log and data segments.
- (Optional) On the Options screen, select:
- (Not recommended)
With override to store the log and data on the same
logical device.
- For load
to use the database for loading a database dump.
- Specify a template database
that is copied over to create the in-memory database.
- (Optional) On the Temporary Database Group screen, select the database group that the temporary database belongs to.
- (Optional) Click Summary to view your selected options.