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SAP HANA, express edition - Server Only Deployment Options

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

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🎓 beginner 5 min. SAP Hana, Express EditionBeginnerSAP HANAExpress Edition

You will learn

  • โœ”How to deploy locally the database-only version of SAP HANA, express edition
Thomas Jung T Thomas Jung June 30, 2025
Created by April 3, 2019
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Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Steps

Intro

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


Step 1 Check RAM memory in your laptop
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To deploy locally, you must have 8GB RAM, but 12GB is recommended.

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 Docker container on a Linux operating system
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Step 3 Manual installation using Binary Installer
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Steps
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1. Check RAM memory in your laptop 2. Docker container on a Linux operating system 3. Manual installation using Binary Installer

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