Hi Basis experts,
I'm an ABAPer and I have a question about when (at what size) to archive db tables in ECC.
Currently, my system has a few standard SAP tables that have a very high entry count. A couple of the worst offenders are tables like LTAK/LTAP and MKPF/MSEG (transfer order and material document tables). These tables have entry counts of 60-100 MILLION records.
I don't know much about archiving but I can tell you that trying to SELECT from these tables is starting to SERIOUSLY hamper application run time. We're starting to resort to program re-writes just to get around some inevitable time-outs caused by these huge run times in our reports.
So, my question is, at what point is enough enough? Should we be seriously thinking about archiving? Should we have been thinking about it a long time ago? How far beyond normal are these table sizes? What is a usual db entry count that you're going to start considering archiving in other systems?
Thanks for the help and the insight.
- Alex P.