> hi, can sap ecc 6.0 be installed on a completely free OS and db. it seems like the only supported versions of linux are suse and redhat, which both cost money.
You can use CentOS, it's a "Redhat clone" and use the same sources as Redhat. Just the RedHat branding is removed but apart from that it's identical. I did a few (test) installations before and it works.
> could it be installed, but just not supported on something like ubuntu?
Technically it may be possible, however, SAP is an enterprise system and the costs for the OS compared to implementation costs are marginal.
> this is for a sandbox only type system, w/trial versions of sap, so no support from sap required.
Try CentOS.
> for db, would sap maxdb be the way to go?
Even if you need "no support" you have to license the database, no matter which one you use. MaxDB may be the "cheapest" alternative compared to all other databases.
Markus
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