SAP on Linux Suse -vs- Oracle Linux -vs- Linux Red Hat

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Hello there,

We are planning on replatforming our ECC and BW SAP environments based on some version of Linux.  We are running Oracle on the backend.

I am curious if anyone out there would know why we might use Linux Suse over Oracle Linux and vice-versa.  Is there a technical argument to be made for using Linux Red Hat above all else?

Are the technical advantages for one over the other?  Are more SAP shops using one more than the other?

Any help here would be greatly appreciated

[joe_ledesma]

One potential issue is official hardware interoperability if you are planning to use FC storage such as for the database servers (rather than dNFS for example).

In these, Red Hat will typically have the most support followed by Suse and Oracle Linux.

I’m referring to the aspect of FC where the storage array vendor will have a simple list of supported attached operating systems--this will probably include at least Red Hat and Suse nowadays--and then a more detailed matrix listing operating system, attached server vendor, model and FC adapter model, etc. and then the server hardware vendor will also have a list of supported storage arrays and then a more detailed matrix for the same things OS, server, HBA. Getting your combination to appear in both the storage and server vendors matrix may be most likely with Red Hat, followed by Suse and Oracle Linux.