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. Customized Operating System Security Hardening for 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 Security Hardening Settings for HANA and not directly at the database. Once a hacker has gained access and su cient privileges, he or she can continue to SUSE Firewall for HANA attack the running database application. SUSE has a long- running history in IT security for Linux operating systems Minimal OS Package Selection 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/saphana- security 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 community- powered 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 leading- edge 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-e ective, 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 o ers 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 front- end, 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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