✅ TOP 50 SAP HANA DATABASE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS – Part 3

21. What is SAP HANA XS Engine?

Lightweight app server to run JavaScript/ODATA services.


22. What is XS Advanced (XSA)?

Modern, microservice-based development framework replacing XS Classic.


23. What is SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure (HDI)?

Container-based runtime for modern HANA development (build, deploy, isolate).


24. What is Persistence Layer?

Ensures durability of data using savepoints and logs.


25. What is a Savepoint?

HANA writes data from memory to disk every 5 minutes for durability.


26. What is a Log File?

Captures all changes to enable recovery in case of crash.


27. Difference between Scale-Up and Scale-Out?

  • Scale-Up: Add more RAM/CPU to single node.
  • Scale-Out: Add multiple nodes (distributed system).

28. What is Smart Data Access (SDA)?

Virtual access to remote databases without data replication (federation).


29. What is Smart Data Integration (SDI)?

ETL/ELT tool for batch + real-time replication.


30. What is Smart Data Streaming (SDS)?

Real-time event streaming engine for IoT and sensor data.