Advantages of SUSE Linux Over Windows
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SUSE Linux Enterprise has become the leading choice for various industries, including automotive and finance, boasting significant customer adoption among top companies globally. The document highlights SUSE's competitive advantages over Windows Server, emphasizing its reliability, cost-effectiveness, and robust performance across numerous enterprise applications, notably SAP. Ultimately, it asserts that SUSE Linux Enterprise is a scalable and secure platform, increasingly preferred for mission-critical workloads.
Advantages of SUSE Linux Over Windows
- 1. Advantages of SLES Over Windows
- 2. The Growth of Open Source in the Enterprise 2 UNIX vs. Linux Trends1 (Revenue in Millions) 1Source: Gartner Linux is now the OS of choice in the enterprise replacing UNIX.
- 3. Where SUSE Leads 3 Linux in Automotive 10 of the largest global automobile mfgs. are active SUSE customers x10 Linux in Retail 7 out of 10 of the largest retailers in the U.S. are active SUSE customers 7/10 Linux in Telecom 10 of the largest telecommunications carriers rely on SUSE x10 Linux in Pharma 7 out of 10 of the largest pharmaceutical companies use SUSE Linux Enterprise 7/10 Linux in Aerospace 9 out of 10 of the largest aerospace companies rely on SUSE 9/10 SAP on Linux 70% of all SAP applications running on Linux run on SUSE 70% Linux in HPC Half of the world’s 20 largest super computers run on SUSE 50% Linux in Large Enterprise Over 80% of the Fortune Global 50 are active SUSE Customers 80% Mainframe Linux Over 15 years of mainframe Linux market share leadership 15+ Linux in Manufacturing 7 out of 10 world’s largest manufacturers use SUSE Linux Enterprise 7/10 Linux in Finance 4 out of 5 of the world’s largest banks use SUSE Linux Enterprise 4/5
- 4. A Broad Ecosystem 4 13,500+ Certified Hardware Interoperability Part of company-wide mission 2500+ Certified Products 8500+ Certified Applications 3200 Solution Providers & System Integrators 1800 Technology Partners 600 Training Partners 5000+ Partner Ecosystem members
- 5. How SUSE Adds Value 5 • Enterprise-quality innovation and service • Affordable mission-critical performance • Open, flexible, optimized for mixed IT • Increased Agility • Reclaimed Budget • Reduced Risk Customer Benefits• Enterprise-quality innovation and service • Affordable mission-critical performance • Open, flexible, optimized for mixed IT
- 7. Reliability, Availability and Serviceability 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 Hardware Platforms Supported X86-64, IBM POWER8 LE, IBM z Systems (x86-32, IBM POWER and Itanium on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3) X86-64 RAS Features UNIX-level RAS features, such as Control Groups and MCE-log (Intel CPU) CPU RAS features like MCA Recovery HA Clustering SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, including load-balancer and using OCFS2 mixed clustering between physical and virtual Failover, clustering and network load balancing Geo Clustering Geo Clustering for SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, across virtual and physical, with any distance worldwide No geo clustering capability
- 8. Scalability SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 CPUs Supported The latest Intel CPUs Same Vertical Scalability 8,192 logical CPUs and 64 TB RAM (verified), 16 Exabyte file system size 320 logical CPUs and 4TB memory Networking 8G/16G FC adapters 10G/40G Ethernet adapters iSCSI target (LIO) support Improved FCoE Data Center Bridging (DCB) OFED 1.5.4 8G FC adapter (Emullex) 10G Ethernet adapter iSCSI compatible (2008/R2/2012) DCB (2008/R2/2012) OFED support Virtual Machine Capacity Unlimited VM per host*, 4TB memory per VM (KVM) 64VM per host, 512GB memory per VM (Xen) 64 VM per host, 1TB memory per VM *unlimited (total number of virtual CPUs in all guests being no greater than 8 times the number of CPU cores in the host) 8
- 9. Security and Patching 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Features UEFI Secure Boot, AppArmor, SELinux UEFI Secure Boot Directory Service NIS, LDAP, SAMBA4 for easy AD integration Active Directory (LDAP based) Standard Compliance Common Criteria Certification at EAL 4+, U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) certified for Open SSL module*, USGv6/IPv6 Similar Patching Granular patching, pick and choose packages updates that make sense Frequent patching and reboot Live Kernel Patching SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching** N/A *Achieved both on 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 is under verification process. ** SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 has infrastructure built in for the live kernel patching.
- 10. Virtualization and Cloud SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 As Virtual Guest Optimized on vSphere, Hyper-V and open source hypervisors Guest NUMA support, Share-nothing live migration As Virtual Host Xen and KVM hypervisor support, Linux Containers (LXC), Docker (Tech Preview) Hypervisor: Hyper-V Hyper-V Network Virtualization Private Cloud Solution Yes. With SUSE OpenStack Cloud, SUSE Studio and SUSE Manager Windows Azure Pack Public Cloud Available in AWS, Google, Azure and 50+ public clouds Public Cloud Module with easy initialization Similar 10
- 11. Other Features SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Server Apache IIS File Systems Btrfs, XFS, Ext-Family, Reiserfs, OCFS2* ReFS Server Management and Update YaST, ZYpp, Snapper, etc. Core Server Management, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Scripting Language bash, tcsh, Perl, Python, Ruby PowerShell, C Shell (via SUA), Perl Lifecycle 10 years of general support, three years of extended support; five optional modules with different lifecycles Five years of mainstream support (until Jan 2018), 10 years of extended support (Jan 2023); No modules concept. *in SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
- 12. SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Windows Server 2012 R2 Simple pricing model Expensive and complicated pricing model in bundling with other products No license for the software, just service pricing for maintenance and update License + SA model; license is for the actual software and SA covers service/updates As virtual host, one price covers unlimited VMs Data center version covers unlimited VMs No Client Access License (CAL) Need to cover CAL Licensing and Pricing 12
- 14. Overview Challenge Solution Results + Read Story 2015 / SLES / Agriculture / New Zealand Turners & Growers is New Zealand’s leading distributor, marketer and exporter of premium fresh agricultural produce. The company was founded in 1897 and has operations all over the world. Turners & Growers Ltd • Realized that migration its SAP applications to IBM DB2 database running on Linux would enable it to significantly reduce its SAP licensing costs and deliver valuable performance improvements • IT team was having to spend a significant amount of time applying patches and servies packs to its Windows systems to protect them from the latest security threats, which required downtime for SAP applications. • Turners & Growers decided to migrate its SAP applications to IBM DB2 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and at the same time to complete the Unicode conversion required to ensure that its SAP applications could properly support its global business. • Increased performance of business-critical SAP applications by around 15 percent • Significantly reduced the company’s SAP license fees • Cut 60 percent from OS licensing costs • Cut time spent applying security patches by 60 percent
- 15. Overview Challenge Solution Results + Read Story+ Watch Video 2015 / SLES / Electronics / Japan Established in 1957, CASIO is a major global manufacturer of electronic products for home and business use. Famous for creating the world’s first electronic desktop calculator, the company today brings innovation to a wide range of products, from digital cameras to LCD screens. CASIO employs 13,000 people in 20 Japanese companies and 19 overseas subsidiaries. Casio • Consolidate and virtualize hundreds of servers. • Improve productivity by standardizing communication tools across the group. • Promote better IT control and cost- efficiency. • By implementing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack, CASIO successfully achieved the same performance for virtualized servers as it was getting with its original solution, but at around 10% of the cost. CASIO is using servers with the latest Intel VT and AMD-V processors to enable bare-metal virtualisation at nearnative speeds. • Created a high-performance thin-client appliance capable of extremely rapid deployment • Enabled the re-use of existing desktop hardware, avoiding the need for new capital investments. • Provided a fast and consistent user experience in the office, from home and on mobile devices anywhere.
- 16. Overview Challenge Solution Results + Read Story+ Watch Video 2011 / SLES / IT / The Netherlands Infonet is a global networking service provider offering fully managed, integrated communications infrastructures, including data center services. Under this distribution relationship, Infonet delivers network services, communication solutions, data center services and service management. Infonet Nederland B.V. • Each SAP landscape was divided into production, test and development environments, requiring a total of 12 physical servers running Microsoft Windows and Oracle* database software. • Determined that the new SAP software would require it to replace all 12 existing servers. Increasing the upgrade costs and stretch the IT team to the limit. • Infonet created a fully virtualized platform for its SAP software using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and VMware* infrastructure, a combination certified by SAP. • Rather than requiring the deployment of a new physical server for each production, test and development landscape, the use of virtualization technology enabled Infonet to build all three environments for each SAP application within a single server. • Cut IT operational costs by 20%. • Reduced administration workload by 30%. • Consolidated physical server landscape by 75%.
- 17. Overview Challenge Solution Results + Read Story 2013 / SLES / Manufacturing / Finland Orbis Oy provides intelligent quality control, testing and measuring systems as well as advanced instrument and component solutions for research and development, production, and after-sales needs of the telecommunication and electronics industries. Orbis Oy • Wanted to reduce total cost of ownership for its SAP environment which was running on multiple physical severs with associated high software licensing and support fees. • As its global business grew, Orbis wanted to take advantage of newer ERP functionality, which necessitated a migration to the latest release, SAP ERP 6.0 version of the SAP software. • Headstart and Centilane proposed a solution based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with built-in Xen virtualisation technology. By migrating from Windows/Oracle to Linux* and the MaxDB database from SAP, Headstart and Centilane were able to generate significant cost savings for Orbis in terms of SAP software licensing and support fees. • Reduced software support and licensing costs. • Enabled rapid upgrade to latest version of SAP. • Improved flexibility and speed of disaster recovery.
- 18. Overview Challenge Solution Results + Read Story 2013 / SLES for SAP / Food / Brazil Established in 1945, Vonpar is one of Brazil's largest Coca-Cola franchises. With 2,500 people to manufacture and distribute approximately 67 million litres of product to more than 60,000 customers each month. The company enjoys a 56.4% market share in its region, and generates annual revenues of 1.2 billion Reais (US$700 million). Vonpar • Existing infrastructure was unable to deliver sufficient performance. • Sought to reduce IT costs. • Saw virtualization as a good option and decided to investigate the different technologies on the market. • The Vonpar IT team migrated its SAP applications and databases from Windows into eight virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environments on three of the new servers. • Provided a stable and highly available environment for SAP applications. • Reduced hardware costs by 75%, software costs by 20% and power costs by 12.5%. • Increased IT team productivity by 30% and reduced administrative workload by 10% to 20%.
- 19. Conclusion • Linux is the fastest growing server OS with established maturity, capacity and popularity. • Open source software gives you more choices and less vendor lock-in risk. • SUSE Linux Enterprise is a reliable, scalable and secure platform for your mission-critical workloads. It’s more open and more cost-effective. 19
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