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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications is the leading Linux platform for SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA solutions providing optimized performance and reduced downtime as well as faster SAP landscape deployments. This product includes features to secure SAP HANA systems and ease the transition to SAP S/4HANA for systems administrators.

Find out what's new in the latest release notes for x86-64 or for ppc64le.

Key Features

Delivers built-in business continuity with an advanced high availability solution, automated data recovery for SAP HANA, and storage security features to reduce downtime of critical operations

Includes features to easily configure and optimize SAP systems and applications to sustain high performance levels

Provides a unified solution to support faster installation, easier administration and superior support of SAP systems

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Reference Architecture:

Vendor-specific reference architecture documents

Cisco:	Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA
Dell:	A Reference Architecture for SAP Solutions on Dell and SUSE SUSE Openstack Cloud Reference Architecture with Dell Hardware
HPE:	HPE Reference Architecture for Enterprise Application Continuity Solution for SAP/SAP HANA HPE ConvergedSystem 500 for SAP HANA Scale-up and Scale-out configurations solution architecture HPE Reference Configuration for SAP S/4HANA on HPE Converged Data Center Infrastructure with Intel Xeon Processor Technology Installation and Configuration Guide for SAP NetWeaver on SimpliVity OmniStack
IBM:	SAP HANA on Power
Lenovo:	In-memory Computing with SAP HANA on Lenovo X6 Systems SUSE High Availability Configuration Guidelines for SAP HANA Using System Replication on Lenovo System x Servers

Tech Specs

Supported server platforms

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 x86-64, IBM Power Systems (ppc64le - "Little Endian")

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 x86-64, IBM Power Systems (ppc64le - "Little Endian")

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 x86-64, IBM Power Systems (ppc64le - "Little Endian")

SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications 12 SP1 x86-64 (64-bit), IBM Power Systems (ppc64le - "Little Endian")

SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications 11 SP4 x86-64 (64-bit), IBM Power Systems (ppc64 - "Big Endian")

MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications minimum hardware requirements are in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Quick Start Guide

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Webinars

SUSE for SAP Applications - Engineered from the ground up for Ease of Install

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Digital Transformation and Your SAP Infrastructure

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Fast Migrations to AWS

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Improving uptime for SAP HANA business-critical analytics operations

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Top 5 Reasons To Start Your SAP HANA Journey in 2018

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5 Critical Tips to Set Up SAP HANA High Availability: Automating System Replication on IBM Power Systems

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Choose SUSE Solutions to Transition to SAP S/4HANA

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Success Stories

SAP HANA Innovation Award Success Stories

Proactively mapped out a multistep, multiyear journey instead of waiting until the business required a more robust enterprise resource planning solution
Successfully migrated the enterprise database to SAP HANA in six months; was among the first, large-scale, live systems in terms of database size, users, and transactions
Figured out how to operate SAP HANA to support its business, ensuring high availability and making sure backups, disaster recovery, and other processes worked properly
Delivered powerful analytics on real-time transactional data versus extracts and monthly roll-ups to users

Alegri International Service GmbH Success Story

Provides a tested, reliable and easy-to-manage platform to operate mission-critical SAP applications
Optimized for Microsoft Azure cloud, enabling clients to adopt SAP HANA technology in as little as 30 minutes—instead of several weeks
Integrated automation allows clients to start and stop virtual servers rapidly as required, reducing operating costs by 60%

FARYS Success Story

Automates patching and provisioning, freeing IT assets to focus on value-adding tasks
Saves up to £95,000 on high-availability capabilities by avoiding the need for a third-party solution
Cuts query times by 98 percent, supporting deeper analytics and better informed decision making

Implema Success Story

Successfully migrated ten customers to SAP HANA in time and within budget
Optimized solution for SAP software ensures reliability and performance without manual tuning
Enables more cost-efficient operations of SAP applications than other Linux distributions