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LuLu Group migrates SAP apps to SUSE Linux

Madhav Rao, CIO, LuLu Group
Madhav Rao, CIO, LuLu Group

In an effort to sustain the rapid growth and ensure optimal performance of their business systems, LuLu Group recently migrated its SAP for Retail landscape from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications.

“We decided to deploy SAP HANA, both for business intelligence and as the operational database for our complete SAP landscape,” said Madhav Rao, CIO, LuLu Group. “Given our experience with the availability, flexibility, scalability and ease of management of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications, this was the logical platform on which to deploy our new SAP HANA software.”

Shiju Shanmughan, Network and Infra¬structure Manager at LuLu Group, said, “We knew that SAP and SUSE share a very close relationship, and that SAP uses the SUSE operating system for its own development on Linux, so it seemed to be the best option. The deployment went very smoothly, and we handled it largely with our in-house team, using the excellent SUSE documentation. Thanks to this complete, end-to-end workflow for the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, our team was able to save valuable time throughout the implementation process—helping to ensure that we went live on time. We also support the OS in-house, escalating any more complex queries to the experts on the SUSE support team.”

According to LuLu Group, deploying the bundled SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension solution has enabled them to ensure high availability for its SAP landscape in the two years since initial deployment. The company also uses a special kernel-tune option to improve SAP performance; this protects less-used memory from being paged out and used by the Linux file system, keeping it available for SAP applications.

With both its core SAP ERP landscape and its new SAP HANA landscape running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, LuLu Group enjoys optimal performance, easy management, seamless scalability and low cost of ownership. As LuLu Group continues its expansion, the added speed of analysis provided by SAP HANA in-memory technology will help the company’s business managers to identify new opportunities and competitive threats faster, and determine the optimal response.

“Our initial migration from Solaris to the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform reduced our total operational costs for the SAP landscape by at least 20 percent,” Rao said. “However, the increases in performance and availability are more important to the business because these help us to ensure excellent customer service at all times. We trust SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to provide extreme stability for our mission-critical SAP ERP and SAP HANA landscapes.”

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