How long will SAP HANA XS Classic last?

[former_member445524]

According to the summary to TechEd 2017 and TechEd 2018, «at some point in the future there will be no SAP HANA XS Classic anymore.» Is there more specific information about its end of life? May we count on its availability in the next five or ten years, for example?

[thomas_jung · Accepted solution]

XS Classic is already removed from HANA As A Service and HANA Cloud. However it is still part of HANA on premise installation in the 2.0 release but has been announced as deprecated. Therefore it remains supported through the lifetime of HANA 2.0 on premise shipment. For full details and the official deprecation notice see note: 2465027 - Deprecation of SAP HANA extended application services, classic model and SAP HANA Reposito...

[dvankempen]

Hi Anton,

Latest information on the topic states support until June 30, 2025.

• https://blogs.sap.com/2020/02/21/planned-release-of-sap-hana-2.0-sps05-and-impact-on-maintenance-for...

As documented (e.g. SAP HANA Security Guide for SAP HANA Platform but also in other guides for the platform edition):

SAP HANA XS, classic and the SAP HANA repository are deprecated as of SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 02. For more information, see SAP Note 2465027.

Note 2465027 states

This affects the following components which will continue to be supported with SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 12 and SAP HANA 2.0 and will be removed from later versions of SAP HANA. (...)

SAP plans to remove SAP HANA extended application services, classic model and the corresponding SAP HANA Repository with the next major product version of SAP HANA.

There is no specific reference to a version.

SAP HANA Cloud (version = 4.0) does not support XS classic model.

[former_member445524]

Thanks for your answers, Thomas and Denys. I accepted Thomas's reply simply because it came first, but I appreciate the pedantic precision of your answer, too. Starting a new project with Hana XS Classic seems a bad idea.

[dvankempen]

First come, first served.
There is no competition. Both Thomas and I have enough karma points to last a life time but we do appreciate that you mark the answer as correct as this helps to improve the search engine. [ Pedantic as in https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic ? ]

[former_member445524]

I meant pedantic in the positive sense, demonstrated by your answer, which shows you truly care about the reader's convenience. Futhermore, a healthy measure of pedantism helps to keep things in order, use correct terminology, &c. It is not always bad, as M.-W. seems to imply. For example, I always compile my C programs with the -pedantic option.

[dvankempen]

Lost in translation!

[michael_eaton3]

Nothing wrong with a little pedantry. 😉

[former_member445524]

Is somebody HANA-ed out?

[former_member192683]

"SAP HANA Cloud (version = 4.0) does not support XS classic model."

How come Cloud has Hana version 4.0, while we still have 2.0 on premise? Is versioning way different on Cloud? Thanks...