Is SAP on Linux mature enough for productive use ?

[morten_nielsen]

Hi

I’m not quite sure if this is the correct forum for this question – But I’ll risk it anyway

We are starting a SAP project from scratch – and my manager has asked if we could run the solution on Linux. I know that Linux is supported by SAP, but is the solution mature enough for productive use? Do any off you have any experience with this ?

Regards,

Morten Nielsen

Message was edited by: Morten Nielsen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Morten,

Yes, we've been running SAP on linux last 4 years. Most of our SAP servers are running SLES 9 (ie. BW 3.5, ECC5 and SCM 4.1). Very stable with zero unplanned downtime...

-Patrick

[markus_doehr2 · Accepted solution]

We use SAP on Linux for all our SAP applications:

- R/3 4.7 EE 2.0 (1 TB database size)

- BI 3.5

- CRM 5.0

- XI 3.0

- SCM 5.0

for about 1.300 users with 12 languages.

We use MaxDB as database.

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Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Patrick,

We also use Linux for production used, but only for R/3-Application Server, our R/3-Database still used AIX.

We are still trying SAP-BW IDES on Linux & Oracle 32 bit.

Are you using also Linux for BW Production Server ??

How big your hardware for BW-Server ??

What database are you using ??

Best regards

Hasin Widjadi

[markus_doehr2 · Accepted solution]

> Are you using also Linux for BW Production Server ??

yes - we do.

> How big your hardware for BW-Server ??

we have an 8-core Opteron (x86_64) box with 32 GB memory

> What database are you using ??

We run MaxDB

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Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Patrick,

May I request you to give your mail id please. Need little information.

thank you,

venkat

[Former Member]

We have been using Linux for productive operation since 4 years.

We believe it is as good as any other UNIX, if not better.

[Thomas_Berger]

Hey,

we are using sles 9 with oracle 9.2.0.7 for all sap system with amd opteron on

hp blades.

sap system (test and productiv systems)

sap r3 enterprise

sap bi 3.5

sap crm 4.0

sap ep 6.0

sap xi 3.0

sap solution manager 3.2

[Former Member]

Hi,

We have presently our servers ECC5, BI7, EP7, Solman 4 with Oracle on AIX5.2.

Would like to go to Linux. what do you suggest. which version would be good.

Please give your opinions.

thanks for the same,

venkat

[Former Member]

Hi Venkat,

have a look at <a href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/171356">OSS note 171356</a>, it gives a good overview about released distributions.

For the hardware platform, also should consider Linux on Power, which runs on the same hardware platform as your current AIX setup (see <a href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/765424">OSS note 765424</a>).

Best regards,

Elmar.

[Former Member]

We have SAP (DEV, QAS, PRD, APP1 and APP2) on RHEL 4.0 ES + RH Cluster Suite and 80% of our clients on Fedora Core 4 and 5.

• System environment ***

SAP Release: "640"

Application server: "sapprd"

Network address: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"

Operating system: "Linux"

Release: "2.6.9-22.ELsmp"

Hardware type: "x86_64"

Character length: "8 Bits"

Pointer length: "64 Bits"

Work process number: "0"

Short dump setting: "full"

Character set: "th_TH.TIS-620"

SAP kernel: "640"

Created on: "May 22 2006 19:43:45"

Created in: "Linux GNU SLES-9 x86_64 cc3.3.3"

Database version: "SAPDB 7.5.0.035"

[stefanh_lima]

Hi Morten,

you can use SAP on Linux. We use an WAS 7.00 on Linux SLES9

64bit. It runs very well. In the Future we migrate some other

System to this Platform.

Regards

Stefan