SUSE is partnering with Microsoft to help in mission-critical workloads for the SAP HANA environments up to 60 TB in size
SUSE, a Germany-based open source software company, announced the availability of first enterprise Linux image for SAP HANA Large Instances on Microsoft Azure.
SUSE’s Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications image on Azure offers an enhanced customer experience by providing consistent build and management capabilities on Azure.
The company is working with Microsoft and the community to bring enterprise-grade Linux and related solutions that allow customers to develop, deploy and manage the workloads anywhere with excellent service, flexibility and value.
Customer-driven solution
Commenting on the development, Daniel Nelson, Vice President – Products and Solutions, SUSE, said, “This is a customer-driven solution jointly developed with Microsoft to provide the advanced high availability and storage security for SAP HANA Large Instances that customers need.”
Nelson further said, “We’re delivering an SAP-certified platform for Azure that is pre-configured and able to make customers productive faster. SUSE enables enterprises with open source solutions like this to implement best-of-breed digital transformation and realise the hybrid and multi-cloud workload management they require to power continuous innovation, competitiveness and growth.”
KY Srinivasan, General Manager – OSS, Microsoft, said, “Our joint customers are using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications as the underlying operating system to ensure a reliable platform that is validated on Azure Large Instances. It represents the innovation that marks our long relationship as we continue to work together to provide solutions that meet demanding enterprise customer requirements.”
SUSE is partnering with Microsoft to help in mission-critical workloads for the SAP HANA environments up to 60 TB in size with the reliability and stability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the leading Linux platform for SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA and SAP NetWeaver solutions, delivering optimised performance and lower downtime, along with faster SAP landscape implementations. It includes features for securing SAP HANA systems and simplifying the transition to SAP S/4HANA for systems administrators.