7 Reasons to Choose
SUSE for SAP HANA
®
When you run SAP HANA, the next generation of SAP in-memory computing
technology, you will want to ensure that the underlying OS you choose gives you
enterprise-level reliability, availability, scalability, manageability and security to meet
your needs.
1. The Recommended OS for SAP HANA with More than 3,000 Customers. Endorsement from SAP
brings you peace of mind from knowing you’ve made the right platform choice. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a
reference development platform for SAP applications including SAP HANA. This ensures that there will have been the
greatest level of scrutiny on patches and fixes, guaranteeing robustness and reducing the possibility of incompatibilities
when patches are applied. It is also certified by SAP and has a proven history of customer success with more than 70
percent of customers running SAP workloads on Linux using SUSE Linux Enterprise. And best of all, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server is the recommended and supported OS of choice for SAP HANA.
2. Enhanced High Availability for SAP HANA.
Since 2011, SUSE and SAP have been constantly working
on improving the scalability and high availability of SAP
HANA so that customers can grow their deployments
to include multiple nodes and true big data environments.
To ensure high availability and disaster recovery, SAP HANA
can replicate your in-memory data within the same data
center or across two data centers. This
feature is called “SAP HANA Systems Replication.” SUSE
supports this feature by providing SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server for SAP Applications—the recommended and
supported operating system for SAP HANA—and two
resource agents for customers to ensure the high availability
of SAP HANA System Replications. Please read the SAP
HANA System Replication on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
for SAP Applications guide at: www.suse.com/saphana-ha
3. OS Security Hardening for SAP HANA.
At least as important as the security of the SAP HANA
database is the security of the underlying operating system.
Many hacker attacks are targeted at the operating system
and not directly at the database. Once a hacker has gained
access and sufficient privileges, he or she can continue to
attack the running database application. SUSE has a longrunning history in IT security for Linux operating systems
and offers a comprehensive security package for SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server for SAP Applications to protect systems
from security incidents. In order to further improve the
security standard specifically for SAP HANA, SUSE has
developed the Operating System Security Hardening for SAP
HANA guide, you can read here: www.suse.com/saphanasecurity
Customized Operating System
Security Hardening for HANA
Security Hardening Settings for HANA
SUSE Firewall for HANA
Minimal OS Package Selection
www.suse.com
"Our relationship with SUSE demonstrates the power of co-innovation and is a
strong example of how SAP's ecosystem of industry-focused and communitypowered partners delivers value to our customers. Having SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server available in support of SAP HANA and our in-memory computing initiative,
allows our customers to further maximize the value of implementing our leadingedge technology in Linux environments."
Ingo Brenckmann, Program Manager
Data and Analytic Engines, SAP
4. Simplified Management for SAP HANA. SUSE Manager enables you to efficiently manage a set of
Linux systems and keep them up-to-date. This is done by connecting SUSE Manager to package and update
sources, organized as repositories. SUSE provides a technical resource, Setting up SUSE Manager for a SAP HANA
Scale-Out Scenario guide that describes how to install a SUSE Manager server and how it could be used to update
your SAP HANA scale-out scenario. Read it here: www.suse.com/saphana-management
5. Certified Data Protection for SAP HANA.
The SAP HANA database holds its data in memory for high performance, but it also uses persistent storage to
provide a fallback in case an error happens. To protect the data against hardware and logical failures, backups are
required. SAP, SUSE and SEP share a long-term partnership and combining their industry-leading IT infrastructure
and application technologies to provide complete data protection for the SAP HANA environment. The SUSE and
SEP Data Protection Guide explains how you can use SEP sesam Hybrid Backup, a certified, cost-effective, scalable
and reliable backup and recovery solution for SAP HANA together with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to ensure the
best protection for your data. Read it here: www.suse.com/saphana-dataprotection
6. Unparalleled Enterprise Support and Extended Service Pack Overlap. SUSE offers a maintenance
and support service that seamlessly integrates through the SAP Solution Manager into the SAP global support
backbone and enables you to initiate a support request via regular SAP escalation channels: telephone, web frontend, CSN or SAP Solution Manager.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications includes Extended Service Pack support that extends the grace
period for updating to the latest service pack from six months to 18 months so customers can align the operating
system update with their SAP software stack update. See www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap
7. Effective Training for SAP Administrators. SUSE offers a course designed specifically for system
administrators who need to administer SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications for SAP landscapes. In
this course, you are taken through basic Linux concepts, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
administration, storage administration, SAP-specific settings within SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Applications and troubleshooting tips and tricks. See
www.suse.com/training/sles-for-sap
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