SAP HANA FAQs

SAP HANA is an in-memory, real-time data platform that consolidates transactions and analytics to enable rapid business insight. Lenovo’s infrastructure solutions — such as ThinkSystem servers and ThinkAgile platforms — are SAP-certified and optimised for SAP HANA workloads, delivering high performance, scalability and reliability. Lenovo Press+2Lenovo Data Storage Central+2

Lenovo offers a range of certified solutions for SAP HANA including:

• ThinkSystem SR950 V3 and SR860/850 series servers validated for SAP HANA appliances or Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI). Lenovo Press+1
• ThinkAgile HX series hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) for SAP HANA in virtualised or hybrid deployments. Lenovo Press+1
• Lenovo TruScale Hybrid Cloud options with SAP HANA private-edition deployments, enabling op-ex consumption and hybrid cloud flexibility. Lenovo Tech Today Poland

With Lenovo infrastructure certified for SAP HANA, organisations can benefit from:

• High-memory servers supporting large in-memory datasets, enabling faster analytics and real-time transactions. Lenovo StoryHub+1
• Scale-out architectures for SAP HANA that grow with business needs, reducing the need for disruptive upgrades. Lenovo Press+1
• Pre-validated, factory-integrated systems that simplify deployment, minimise risk and accelerate time to value. Lenovo Press+1

Lenovo enables SAP HANA deployments across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments. Through solutions like Lenovo TruScale for SAP HANA and factory-integrated ThinkAgile infrastructure, businesses can adopt a hybrid consumption model, maintain data sovereignty, and link on-site SAP HANA landscapes with cloud backup or DR. Lenovo Tech Today Poland+1

Key considerations include:

• Memory and compute sizing: Ensure enough in-memory capacity for SAP HANA datasets and analytics workloads.
• Storage performance: Use high-throughput, low-latency storage solutions, such as NVMe or high-end SSDs, which Lenovo supports. Lenovo Press+1
• Scalability and lifecycle: Choose Lenovo systems that allow modular expansion and support scale-out models.
• Certification and support: Use Lenovo’s SAP-certified configurations and services to reduce risk. Lenovo Data Storage Central
• Deployment model: Decide between on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-ready models based on business and regulatory needs.

Lenovo recommends:

• Using validated Lenovo SAP HANA solution bundles or reference architectures rather than custom configurations that may not be optimised.
• Ensuring rapid restoration and backup strategies are integrated for mission-critical SAP HANA systems.
• Leveraging modular infrastructure growth (scale-out) to avoid large, monolithic upgrades.
• Monitoring and optimising SAP HANA workloads continuously and working with Lenovo professional services for lifecycle management.

Lenovo helps reduce TCO through:

• Pre-integrated, validated solutions that lower deployment time and risk.
• Modular scaling and high-density configurations so organisations only pay for what they need initially but can grow as required.
• Flexible consumption models (e.g., Lenovo TruScale) that shift from CapEx to OpEx where appropriate. Lenovo Press+1

Lenovo’s SAP HANA solutions include enterprise-grade reliability features, such as high availability architecture, hardware redundancy, robust lifecycle services and certified support arrangements with SAP. Lenovo has deep SAP experience (over 50,000 SAP HANA systems shipped) and offers professional services, global support and validated hardware/software stacks.