SAP HANA, express edition - Server Only Deployment Options

Thomas Jung

January 12, 2021

Created by

April 3, 2019

Beginner

5 min.

Learn the options to deploy the database-only version of SAP HANA, express edition in a local computer.

You will learn

How to deploy locally the database-only version of SAP HANA, express edition

Prerequisites

You must register for the product before downloading SAP HANA, express edition. Follow the steps in Register for SAP HANA, express edition.

Watch the following video to learn more about the server-only option of SAP HANA, express edition.

Choose one of the steps below for a local deployment of SAP HANA, express edition.

Step 1: Check RAM memory in your laptop

To deploy locally, you must have 8GB RAM, but 12GB is recommended.

Not sure how much RAM you have?

How to check RAM in a Windows computer
How to check RAM in a MAC computer

Not enough RAM or space on disk?

If you do not have enough RAM, we would recommend SAP HANA Cloud trial which is a completely free, hosted and cloud managed solution. Deploy SAP HANA Cloud trial

Step 2: Virtual Machine on a Windows or Mac

This is the easiest option.

SAP HANA, express edition runs on certain distributions of Linux. You can use a Virtual Machine to run on a Windows or Mac PC.

See Install SAP HANA 2.0, express edition on a Preconfigured Virtual Machine.

Step 3: Docker container on a Linux operating system

This option runs on Linux operating systems only.

Follow these instructions to pull and run the Docker container in any of the supported Linux distributions: Installing SAP HANA, express edition with Docker

Step 4: Manual installation using Binary Installer

This option requires a minimum level of expertise with Linux operating systems.

This option allows for some customization of the operating system and the platform.

See Install SAP HANA, express edition on a Native Linux Machine.