article virtualization solutions for sap hana
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Virtualization Solutions for SAP HANASUSE® Linux Enterprise is the leading platform for SAP solutions on Linux and the recommended and supported operating system (OS) of choice for SAP HANA. SAP HANA now runs in production on vSphere 5.5, letting you combine the power of the SAP HANA in-memory platform with VMware vSphere and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP to achieve faster time-to-value, better service levels and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for your production environments.
SUSE and VMware Solutions for SAP HANA at a glance:+ VMwareandSUSEofferthebestsolution
forvirtualizingSAP+ SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerforSAPis
recommendedbyVMwareforSAPHANAdeploymentsonvSphere
+ OptimizedforfastSAPdeploymentandperformance
+ Integratedhighavailability+ Integratedprioritysupport+ vSphere5.5production-readyforSAPHANA
Products:
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerfor
SAPApplications
FlyerServer
Virtualizing SAP HANA Lowers TCO SAPHANAisanin-memorycomputingplatformthathascompletelytransformedtherelationaldatabaseindustry.Itcom-binesdatabase,applicationprocessingandintegrationservicesonasingleplat-form.SAPHANAistypicallydeployedonacomplete,pre-configuredappliance,whichisprovidedbyacertifiedSAPHANAhardwarepartner.However,theSAPHANATailoredDatacenterIntegration(TDI)op-tionallowscustomerstoleverageexist-ingassetsforsomeelementsoftheSAPHANAenvironment.TheSAPTDIprogramprovidesgreaterflexibilityfordeployingSAPHANAinavirtualenvironmentandre-ducesbothcapitalexpenditures(CapEx)andoperatingexpenses(OpEx)byallow-ingthereuseofexistinghardware,aswellasleveragingcurrentoperationalmanage-mentprocesses.
Not All Data Is the SameSAPMulti-TemperatureDataManagementtechniqueslikeDynamicTieringandNearLineStorageallowyoutosignificantlyre-ducethesizeandcostassociatedwithyourSAPHANAin-memoryfootprint.SAPHANADynamicTieringallowscus-tomerstoplaceupto40percentofdata(andinthefutureupto70percent)onstandardx86hardware.Now,SAPHANAmulti-terabytesizedatabasescanbeeasilyvirtualizedwithvSphere5.5usingthesememorymanagementtechniquesthatSAPhasintroducedtooptimizeandreduceHANA’sin-memoryfootprint.
DynamicTieringisanadd-onproducttoSAPHANAthatletsyoumanagedataofdifferenttemperatures:hotdata(alwaysinmemory),colddata(disk-baseddatastore)andwarmdata(notalwaysinmem-ory),whichhaslowerlatencyrequirementsthanhotdata.SAPHANADynamicTiering
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Server FlyerVirtualization Solutions for SAP HANA
utilizesanextendedtableconceptthatal-lowsyoutostorewarmdatainextendedtablesthataremanagedbySAPHANA.DatathatisinitiallyfrequentlyaccessedandthenonlyusedoccasionallyonceitreachesacertainageisclassifiedascoldandcanberemovedfromtheSAPHANAdatapersistenceandstoredinanacces-siblearchive.ThesolutionofferedbySAPisNear-LineStorage(NLS)withSAPIQ.
Production SAP HANA on vSphere 5.5WithDynamicTiering,SAPHANAisnotconfinedbythesizeofavailablememorysincetheSAPHANAwarmdatacanbestoredondiskinacolumnarformatandaccessedtransparentlybyapplications.Thus,the1TBvirtualmachinemaximuminvSphere5.5isanartificialbarrier,andSAPHANAmulti-terabytesizedatabasescanbeeasilyvirtualizedwithvSphere5.5usingDynamicTiering,Near-LineStorageandothermemorymanagementtech-niquesSAPhasintroducedtotheSAPHANAplatformtooptimizeandreduceHANA’sin-memoryfootprint.
By combining the power of the SAPHANAin-memorydatabaseplatformwithVMwarevSphereandSUSELinuxEnter-priseServerforSAPApplications,organi-zationscanachievefastertime-to-value,betterservicelevelsandlowerTCOfortheirSAPHANAproductionenvironmentswithfullSAP,VMwareandSUSEsupport.CustomerscanmaximizetheperformanceandagilityofSAPHANAinthemostflex-ible,cost-effectivewaywhileoptimizingtheirdatacenteroperationswithadvancedfeaturesfromVMware,suchasvSpherevMotion,vSphereDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS),vSphereHighAvailability(HA)andDisasterRecovery(DR).
SUSE Linux Enterprise Best Choice for SAPSUSELinuxEnterpriseistheleadingplat-formforSAPsolutionsonLinux,thenum-beroneplatformforSAPHANAandtheLinuxplatformrecommendedbyVMwareintheirguide“BestPracticesandRecom-mendationsforScale-upDeploymentsofSAPHANAonVMwarevSphere.”*SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerforSAPAppli-cationsincludesanumberSAP-optimi-zationfeatures:
The page cache limit feature limitstheamountofpage-cacheusedandoptimizestheLinuxpagingbehavior.ThisfeatureiscrucialforSAPappli-cationstoimproveperformance.
Antivirus toolkit integrationwiththeSAPVirusScanInterfaceimprovescross-platformthreatdetection
End-to-end installation frameworkenablesanintegrated,unattendedandautomatedinstallationworkflowforvalidatedSAPsolutions.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability ExtensionprovidesanintegratedclusteringsolutionforphysicalandvirtualLinuxdeployments,enablingtheimplementationofhighlyavailableLinuxclustersandeliminatingsinglepointsoffailure.
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*www.vmware.com/files/pdf/SAP_HANA_on_vmware_vSphere_best_practices_guide.pdf
Figure 1. SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerforSAPApplications
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Available live kernel patchingallowsyoutoupdatesecuritypatcheswithoutrebootingmachinesandwaitingforthenextservicewindow,reducingthedowntimeofhugein-memorydatabaseslikeSAPHANA.
Full system rollbackgivesSAPcustomersbetterresiliencybylettingthemtakesnapshotsofthesystem,includingthekernelfiles,androllingbackasneeded.
Resource agentsenhancetheSAPHANAsystemreplicationssetupbyautomatingtakeoverandreducingthelengthandthenumberofinterruptionsforbothyourbusiness-criticalSAP
systemsandyourSAPHANAdatabases.
Integrated priority support and maintenancethroughSAPSolutionManagerfrombothSUSEandSAP.
Extended service pack overlap support givesyouservicepacksupportforafull18months,12monthsmorethanthestandard6-monthgraceperiod.
High Availability with Automated FailoverSince2011,SUSEandSAPhaveconstantlyworkedonimprovingthescalabilityandhighavailabilityofSAPHANAsothat
customerscangrowtheirdeploymentsto
includemultiplenodesandtruebigdata
environments.Toensurehighavailabil-
ityanddisasterrecovery,SUSEsupports
replicationofyourSAPHANAsystem
withinthesamedatacenteroracrosstwo
datacentersbyincludingcomponentsof
SUSELinuxEnterpriseHighAvailability
ExtensionwithSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerforSAPApplications.Sincesystemfailurecanoccuratanytimeoftheday,nightorweekend,SUSEautomatesthesystemreplicationprocesstosimplifythefailoverprocedureandminimizethetimesystemsaredown.
Figure 2. Performance-optimizedsystemreplicationforSAPHANA
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Partnership for Enterprise ComputingSUSEandVMwarehaveteamedtopro-videbest-in-classLinuxvirtualizationsolutions—on-premiseorinprivate,hy-bridandpublicclouds—thatallowyou
toleverageyourinvestmentinVMwaretoolsandsolutionstomanagetheindus-try’smostinteroperableenterpriseLinux.Alliancepartnerssince2004,SUSEandVMwarecanprovidejointsolutionsforyoursoftware-defineddatacenter.
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