Step 1: Review System Requirements

The client host for SAS Data Loader for Hadoop must meet the following hardware and software requirements:

Operating system: 64-bit Windows 7 or later, or Windows Server 2008 R2 or later.
System memory (RAM): Minimum 8 GB, but 16 gigabytes or more is recommended. The SAS Data Loader virtual machine requires at least 4 GB of available memory.
Disk space: At least 30 GB of free hard-drive space.
BIOS: Must be enabled for virtualization technology.
Processors: at least 2 cores (4 logical processors), but 4 core (8 local processors) or more is recommended.
Web browsers, without Kerberos security: Windows Internet Explorer 9 or later, Mozilla Firefox 14 or later, or Google Chrome 21 or later.
Web browsers, with Kerberos security: Mozilla Firefox 14 or later, or Google Chrome 21 or later.
Hypervisor : VMware Player Pro version 6 or 7.
Hadoop: Cloudera CDH 5.2 or Hortonworks HDP 2.1.