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2 Prerequisites
Before you begin with the installation of SAP HANA, ensure that you have fulfilled the prerequisites listed in the
following sections.
SAP HANA offers two distinct deployment models, a complete pre-installed and pre-configured (so called
“Appliance”) model from hardware vendors or the tailored data center integration (TDI) where the customer
takes responsibility for the construction and validation of their SAP HANA environment but by that providing a
better integration into their IT infrastructures.
This guide does not describe all valid variants to deploy SAP HANA. It describes the base configurations along
with the minimum requirements. The topics are discussed based on a sample SUSE OS installation for SAP
HANA.
2.1 Hardware
Your hardware platform must be validated for SAP HANA independent which delivery approach you may use.
For a list of validated Intel hardware platforms, see SAP Certified and Supported SAP HANA Hardware Directory
Certified Appliances and Supported Intel Systems .
For a list of valid partition sizes inside IBM Power Servers, see SAP Certified and Supported SAP HANA
Hardware Directory Supported Power Systems and SAP Note 2188482 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems:
Allowed Hardware .
2.2 Storage
The appliance hardware vendors provide storage within their pre-build SAP HANA systems.
If you want to use the TDI approach, SAP HANA requires an SAP HANA TDI certified storage subsystem. For a
list of valid Storage Subsystems (TDI only), see SAP Certified and Supported SAP HANA Hardware Directory
Certified Enterprise Storage
. You need to apply the file system layout / partitioning which is outlined in the
SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide and the SAP HANA TDI – Storage Requirements Guide .
Also download the storage vendor's TDI documentation.
This document describes a standard filesystem setup. Cross check the most recent vendor TDI storage
documentation. In case of scale-out installation including SAP HANA Host Auto-Failover also review the SAP
HANA TDI – Storage Requirements Guide .
Ensure to pick the right chapters and clearly distinguish between shared file system-based installations (e.g.
NFS or Spectrum Scale) and shared disk based installation (e.g. XFS) in case of a scale-out installation if SAP
HANA Host Auto-Failover protection is implemented.
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