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Author's profile photo Marc Bernard
Marc Bernard
August 16, 2013 Less than a 1 minute read

SAP HANA 1.0 SP 6 – Compileserver

Hello,

in case you are running SP 6 (revision 60 or higher), you might have wondered what the new “compileserver” process is for (one per HANA instance).

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The compileserver is needed with SAP HANA SP6 as compiling of L-Procedures has been thrown out of Indexserver.

 

Without compile server, HANA will not start any more. This is a feature. For customers this is irrelevant, as HANAs default parameters will make sure that it is started. If customers change these defaults, the system is no longer supported.

Best,
Marc Bernard
@marcfbe

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      Former Member

      Thanks Mr. Marc,

      Good to know about it. I also got confused when found the process running on Linux under compileserver name. May I know what L-procedures stands for ?

      If you allow, May I ask why Indexserver is called "index server" ? I mean other processes are having name to their actual task. Index server is rather not sticking to it. Please let me know.

      Regards

      King Arthur

      Author's profile photo Marc Bernard
      Marc Bernard
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      Hi Arthur,

      the name "indexserver" is stemming from the TREX solution (TREX search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) for text indexing and searching that was the foundation for BW Accelerator and later SAP HANA. What used to be a solution for unstructured data only, is now a full blown database and platform for developing and running business applications :-).

      Regards,
      Marc

      Product Management SAP EDW (BW/HANA)

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      Former Member

      Dear Sire,

      Thanks a LOT for the clarification.

      Regards

      Arthur