Agenda

Basics of memory

SAP Roll Area

SAP Extended Memory

SAP Heap memory

SAP Buffer

Sap Memory Management

Basics of Memory

Physical memory and Virtual memory

Virtual memory

Paging File

Physical memory
& /

OS Swap Space

Sap Memory Management

Basics of Memory

Local memory and shared memory

Virtual memory

Workprocess Local memory

All work processes of one instance Shared Memory

Sap Memory Management

 SAP Roll Memory

SAP Roll Memory

Local SAP Roll area of work process

- The initial part of user context stored
- Each SAP work process can only access its own roll area

Shared SAP Roll Area

- Accessible to all of instance work processes
- Buffer to temporary keep user context when a user is assigned to
new work process

- Roll in : copying user context from shared roll area to local roll area
- Roll Out : copying user context from local roll area to shared roll area

Sap Memory Management

SAP Roll Memory

Roll buffer (shared memory)

Roll area Roll area
(local) (local)
copy copy

Work
Work Process2
Process1
Roll file (disk)

ztta/roll_first Roll Buffer (shared)

Roll
(local) Roll In /
Roll Out
ztta/roll_area
Roll file

Sap Memory Management

SAP Extended Memory

SAP Extended Memory

Extended memory is the heart of the memory system

Shared memory in which objects, data, internal tables associated with individual users
are stored

All SAP work process can edit stored user context directly

Each WP has a part of memory reserved in extended memory

Makes roll process much faster

Sap Memory Management

 SAP Extended Memory

Memory allocation for Dialog WP

Roll Roll Heap

Area Extended Memory Area 2 memory
1

Extended Memory WP has

used up Roll entered in
memory PRIV Mode
used up

Sap Memory Management

SAP Heap Memory

SAP Heap Memory

•It is used when Extended and roll memory are full.

•It is allocated and released on demand.

•It is the part of the Local memory

Sap Memory Management

SAP Heap Memory

Sap Memory Management

SAP Buffer

SAP Buffer/Client Cache

• When the object is used frequently, it is moved to the buffer.

• HIT Ratio

• SWAP Rate

• Types of buffer :
1) Repository Buffer
2) Table buffer
3) Prog Buffer
4) SAP GUI Buffer
5) Calendar Buffer
6 ) Export/Import Buffer

Sap Memory Management

SAP Buffer

Sap Memory Management