Red Hat Brings the Power and Flexibility of Red Hat Virtualization to SAP HANA® Environments
Leading open source virtualization solution now certified to run
virtualized SAP HANA workloads, bringing cost-effectiveness, high
performance and scalability to enterprise big data operations
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Red Hat Virtualization now supports the
SAP HANA® platform, a market-leading in-memory data and application
development platform for running big data workloads. Red Hat is now able
to offer an operating system (Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA) and
hypervisor that are both validated for use with SAP HANA environments,
providing a level of open standardization to organizations seeking
greater choice of virtualized solutions, operational efficiencies and
cost reductions in their datacenters.
A scalable, flexible, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) powered
virtualization solution, Red Hat Virtualization provides an open, easy
to use, and more secure virtualization platform that can handle diverse
workloads, like those posed by big data applications and analysis,
without extensive modifications or custom hardware. By now supporting
SAP HANA deployments, Red Hat Virtualization helps customers consolidate
physical hardware to reduce IT expenses without losing operating
capacity or functionality. Additionally, Red Hat Virtualization forms a
solid foundation for innovative technologies, like Linux containers and
cloud computing, while remaining easy to integrate with existing IT
investments.
Because Red Hat Virtualization forms the basis for many of Red Hat’s
next-generation computing technologies, this capability further enables
customers to standardize on the Red Hat portfolio for their SAP HANA
deployments. This can help to extend the flexibility of customer big
data operations and provide more options when it comes to scaling to
address extreme computing tasks.
Availability
Red Hat Virtualization support for SAP HANA workloads is available today.
Supporting Quotes
Gunnar Hellekson, senior director, Product Management, Platforms
Business Unit, Red Hat
“Red Hat is committed to delivering
customer choice at all levels of the technology stack, from foundational
technologies like the operating system and hypervisor to next-generation
solutions built on Linux containers and OpenStack. Red Hat
Virtualization for SAP HANA demonstrates this commitment by providing a
scalable, flexible and open platform upon which to run big data
workloads and associated applications without the need for proprietary
software lock-in or custom hardware.”
Christoph Theis, head of SAP Services, Finanz Informatik Technologie
Services
“To deliver the absolute reliability and fast
performance that our financial services and insurance customers expect
for their critical enterprise transactions, we needed a robust
virtualization platform. Choosing Red Hat Virtualization means that we
can deliver a high-performing, cloud-based SAP HANA solution that meets
our customers' requirements, and can do so in a cost-effective manner.”
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