R server Installation on Windows

[Former Member]

Hi Everyone

Can anyone clarify if R server can be installed on a Windows machine and how can it be configured with SAP HANA SP09.

What are the steps to be followed to do the installation and configuration? Most of the documents which I found describes about Linux based systems.

Any help is appreciated

Regards

Ranajay

[achab · Accepted solution]

I would refer you to the guide here: http://help.sap.com/hana/SAP_HANA_R_Integration_Guide_en.pdf

On page 9 it is mentioned:

"The R and Rserve environments have to be installed on a separate host. You cannot install R on the SAP HANA host. This guide assumes an R installation on a Linux system, preferably SLES Linux; no other R hosting environments are currently supported. The R/Rserve host has to be reachable from the SAP HANA host. The process consists of three steps: 1. Install R (on a separate host). 2. Install Rserve (on a separate host). 3. Configure SAP HANA. For high availability, it is possible to install R/Rserve on multiple distinct hosts. When one of them becomes unreachable, another host can take over."

Best regards

Antoine

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Antoine

Actually I referred to this

where its says with Windows, R server installation is straightforward but in the guide its all about Linux which has put me into this dilemma.

Regards

Ranajay

[achab · Accepted solution]

Hi Ranajay,

I see the person that created the blog post also replied to a similar question.

I think this answer makes sense. If you want to know more and be sure of the latest, please engage directly with him - he would probably know more than myself in this particular area.

Best regards

Antoine

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Antoine, I will contact him directly then.

Regards

Ranajay

[achab · Accepted solution]

I also raised the question in a internal SAP JAM community -  I will update if I get more insights.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot Antoine, that will be great.

[achab · Accepted solution]

sure, let's work on both sides in parallel

[achab · Accepted solution]

I see this had been answered here:

Should we close this thread then?

Best regards

Antoine

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Yes Antoine, please. And once again thanks for ur help.I guess better way is to use Linux based environment as SAP Supports that officially.

Regards

Ranajay

[achab · Accepted solution]

Always better to use what SAP supports 😉

Best regards,

Antoine