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The base layer of SAP HANA provides two file I/O interfaces:
You can configure the SAP HANA file I/O layer to optimize file I/O for a specific file system and storage array.
Note: The Linux XFS file system is used on all Dell storage LUNs for the SAP HANA persistence.
After the SAP HANA persistence is installed on Unity LUNs, set the following file I/O layer parameters for optimal I/O processing after the initial SAP HANA installation has been completed:
max_parallel_io_requests=128