## 6.5 Operating SAP HANA
You can operate SAP HANA on premise using the appliance delivery model or using the tailored data center integration model. You can also operate SAP HANA in the cloud.
## On-Premise Deployment
You can decide to implement SAP HANA using the appliance delivery model, meaning preconfigured software and hardware bundled by an SAP hardware partner, or you can opt for the SAP HANA tailored data center integration approach, which allows you more flexibility when integrating your SAP HANA system with your existing infrastructure, for example, network or storage solutions.
With the appliance model SAP coordinates all support requests for all components of the system including hardware with the responsible partners.
Tailored data center integration gives you the flexibility to install SAP HANA yourself on the same validated hardware as used for appliances, but you are responsible for all aspects of the system, including managing support with all the involved partners.
SAP HANA Appliance Compared with SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration
SAP HANA appliance
## SAP HANA tailored data center integration
| Fast implementation                          | More flexibility                                                                                                         |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Support fully provided by SAP                | Customer aligns with the hardware partner on individual support model                                                    |
| Solution validation done by SAP and partners | Installation is done by the customer (or hardware partner)                                                               |
| Preconfigured hardware setup                 | Reuse existing infrastructure and thereby reduce costs                                                                   |
| Preinstalled software                        | SAP HANAinstallation certification required for customer (or hardware partner) to perform SAP HANAsoftware instal­ lation |
For a list of hardware platforms and supported operating system releases, see SAP Note 2235581 - SAP HANA: Supported Operating Systems . For configuration information for the supported operating system releases, see SAP Note 1944799 - SAP HANA Guidelines for SLES Operating System Installation and SAP Note 2009879 - SAP HANA Guidelines for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating System .
## Cloud Deployment
In the cloud, SAP HANA can be deployed and operated in a number of ways:
- As SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud - a private cloud service managed by SAP.
- As SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA service - a database as a service offering, managed by SAP. For more information, see SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA service in the Related Information section.
- In a public cloud run by other infrastructure providers such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform. For specific information about operating SAP HANA on these infrastructures, please see the documentation provided by your cloud provider.
## Related Information
SAP HANA Appliance [page 39]
SAP HANA Tailored Data Center Integration [page 46]
SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA service
SAP Note 2235581
SAP Note 1944799
SAP Note 2009879