SUSE has announced the first enterprise Linux image for SAP HANA Large Instances on Microsoft Azure.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications image on Azure is said to offer consistent build and management capabilities on Azure. SUSE said it is working with Microsoft and the community to deliver enterprise-grade Linux and other solutions.

SAP HANA Large Instances on Azure are purpose-built hardware configurations for SAP HANA workloads that require memory sizes larger than 0.5 TB. SUSE is collaborating with Microsoft to support workloads for SAP HANA environments up to 60TB in size with the stability and reliability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications.

According to the company, SUSE Linux Enterprise provides optimized performance and reduced downtime as well as faster SAP landscape deployments for SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA solutions. Moreover, it includes features to secure SAP HANA systems and ease the transition to SAP S/4HANA for systems administrators.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications for SAP HANA Large Instances on Microsoft Azure is
now available. For more information, see azure.microsoft.com/sap.