Top Reasons 7 Reasons to Choose SUSE for SAP HANA

7 Reasons to Choose SUSE for SAP HANA

January 2021

When you run your business operations on SAP HANA or S/4HANA, you want the platform that is trusted and deployed by SAP and is preferred by thousands of customers to unlock data intelligence and drive innovation.

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SUSE delivers the leading platform for SAP environments, pro- Avoid vendor lock-in and retain control. viding a flexible solution that fully aligns with SAP’s open source SUSE solutions are always open and flexible, strategy. It starts with a set of solutions for a -defined 02 remaining true to the original vision of open infrastructure that includes: source software while responding to the complexity of the real world. SUSE delivers • A specialized distribution that is an SAP Endorsed App many SAP-specific infrastructure management • Linux kernel patching with no downtime features to reduce this complexity and makes • Automated configuration management and monitoring them available upstream to the community • A -based container management solution with industry-standard APIs. As the world’s • A cloud service provider program with the leading largest independent open source provider, hyperscalers SUSE is committed to helping you retain control and flexibility. SUSE helps you: Deploy innovative solutions that • Reduce risk with a validated and widely-implemented SAP improve service reliability and agility. infrastructure 03 Ten years ago, SUSE delivered the world’s • Gain faster time to value for SAP services first specifically for SAP • Quickly get expert advice and resolve problems environments. It includes features that reduce • Smoothly transition to SAP S/4HANA downtime, automate routine maintenance. and facilitate faster implementation of SAP Consulting Services and Support give you access to the expertise services. SUSE makes these innovations you need to transform your IT operations and quickly resolve available typically 6 to 18 months sooner than complex problems. competitive offerings. Specific features for SAP HANA environments include: Why build your SAP HANA infrastructure on SUSE? Here are seven reasons: • Packages that include configuration infor- mation from the latest SAP Notes, saving Choose the trusted open source deployment time and optimizing perfor- 01 platform for SAP systems. mance and availability Confidently build your SAP infrastructure • Automated installation to reduce SAP HANA on the same platform that SAP chooses set up time and errors, for a shorter time- for in-house implementations (with over to-value and improved total cost of owner- 30,000 instances deployed) including HANA ship (TCO) Enterprise Cloud. SUSE solutions are a • Automated failover of SAP HANA systems reference development platform for SAP to reduce service recovery time applications, including SAP HANA and SAP • An SAP HANA Firewall to protect in-memory Data Intelligence. SAP also chose SUSE data from malicious attacks Linux Enterprise Server as the base OS for • Co-innovation with strategic hyperscalers delivering containerized instances of SAP to rapidly deploy and monitor SAP HANA in HANA and SAP Data Intelligence. SUSE Linux the cloud Enterprise Server for SAP Applications meets • A wizard to help reduce the complexity of the requirements to be an SAP Endorsed App upgrades to clustered SAP HANA systems for SAP HANA. • Support for both Intel and IBM Power-based persistent memory to reduce SAP HANA re- start times

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SUSE helps companies achieve a smooth transition to SAP S/4HANA. With SUSE infrastructure solutions, you can transform your existing core infrastructure into an agile, easy-to-manage technology platform that enables you to better compete and serve your customers in the digital economy.

Quickly resolve problems via our Deliver services on proven unparalleled Enterprise Support and infrastructures with industry-leading 04 Extended Service Pack Overlap Support. 06 providers. SUSE offers a maintenance and support Whether you choose to deploy SAP HANA service that seamlessly integrates with the SAP on-premises or in the cloud, you can take global support backbone through SAP Solution advantage of SUSE’s strategic partnerships Manager. This service enables you to initiate a with the leading server platform vendors and support request using regular SAP escalation hyperscalers. Most of these providers offer channels: telephone, web front-end, CSN reference architectures that detail how best or SAP Solution Manager. You also get direct to deploy SAP HANA on their platform with access to SUSE Level 3 Support when you have SUSE software. When server vendors want an OS issue. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for to demonstrate leading performance with SAP Applications delivers 4.5 years of Priority benchmarks, they overwhelmingly choose Support for each Service Pack, enabling you to SUSE. They also collaborate with SUSE to easily align the update with provide seamless technical support for your your SAP software stack update. SAP system on that platform.

Deploy faster and run smoother with Run your SAP operations with the leader. SUSE expertise. SUSE is the market leader for SAP 05 For the last 20 years, SUSE engineers have 07 implementations on Linux. Over 30,000 been dedicated to development and testing in customers trust SUSE for their SAP the SAP LinuxLab as a co-innovation partner. implementations, with over 100 customer As a result, SUSE developers have added success stories. Over 85 percent of many innovative features to SUSE products, SAP HANA instances are on SUSE Linux specifically for SAP infrastructures. Over Enterprise Server for SAP Applications—the 80 specially trained SUSE SAP Champions platform of choice for over 3,500 customers globally support customer projects, including implementing SAP HANA on the IBM Power technical presentations, workshops and proof Systems platform, in just five years. of concepts. SUSE Global Services experts can provide consulting and help you implement SUSE solutions to reduce the time to value and maximize the cost benefits of your SAP services. Premium Support Services options give you access to dedicated technical professionals to assist with implementation, management and maintenance.

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