Hardware requirement for SAP HANA 2.0

You want to use SAP HANA 2.0 and need to know minimal HW requirements

Other Terms

CPU, Haswell, Ivybridge, Westmere, Broadwell, POWER8, POWER7+
Reason and Prerequisites

You start implementing SAP HANA 2.0 or you are upgrading a productive HANA system to SAP HANA 2.0

Solution

Hardware Requirements for SAP HANA 2.0 on Intel-Based Hardware Platforms

Starting with SAP HANA 2.0 computing nodes with at least Intel Haswell CPU or later are strongly recommended. However, SAP's requirement remains Intel Westmere CPU. Specifically, if you are running an upgrade of a productive HANA system from SAP HANA 1.0 to SAP HANA 2.0 you can use Intel Ivy Bridge or Westmere CPU based compute nodes.

Hardware Requirements for SAP HANA 2.0 on IBM Power Servers

Starting with SAP HANA 2.0 computing nodes with at least IBM POWER8 CPU or later are mandatory.