On this week’s episode, host Conor Bronsdon sit down with Guilherme Sesterheim, SAP DevOps SRE Engineer at AWS. Guilherme delves into applying Chaos Engineering and DevOps principles to SAP, a domain traditionally seen as risk-averse and resistant to rapid innovation.
With expertise in both open-source technologies and SAP, Guilherme shares how he’s bringing modern practices to SAP environments at AWS. He explores how Chaos Engineering can be used to test and improve the resilience of SAP systems, focusing on HANA, SAP’s in-memory database. The discussion also touches on the challenges of integrating these practices within the SAP framework and the broader implications for SAP users and the tech industry.
Episode Highlights:
- 00:20 What does it mean to apply chaos engineering to testing SAP installation
- 04:05 What does it mean to have DevOps around SAP?
- 05:58 Guilherme’s approach to DevOps practices around SAP
- 10:01 The challenge of handling installation and migration
- 11:50 How to Start Applying Chaos Engineering to Your SAP Instance
- 16:57 The 12 Scenarios When You Inject Failures on SAP
- 19:24 How Guilherme ended up at AWS working on SAP
- 23:14 What’s Next in DevOps Guilherme is Excited About?
Show Notes:
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