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A clustered SAP solution helps protect critical workloads and keep all the solution components up and running in the event of a local hardware failure or a whole data center failure. In this scenario, the clustered SAP solution enables the business to apply critical security updates and other planned maintenance while the system remains available. Users can continue to access their workloads and keep the business going.
Other benefits of using this solution include:
Note: A focus on SAP HANA is critical because SAP requires that all customers have SAP HANA as their only database to run SAP systems by 2027.