Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
| Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window |
| Category: | Files: SAS Files |
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= | SASFILES, PERFORMANCE |
| Default: | 1 |
| Windows specifics: | Default value |
| See: | BUFNO= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference |
specifies the number
of buffers in multiples of 1 (bytes); 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576
(megabytes); or 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes). You can specify decimal
values for the number of kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes. For example,
a value of 8 specifies 8 buffers, a value
of .782k specifies 801 buffers, and a value
of 3m specifies 3,145,728 buffers.
specifies the number
of buffers as a hexadecimal value. You must specify the value beginning
with a number (0–9), followed by an X. For example, the value 2dx specifies
45 buffers.
sets the number of buffers to 0, and requires SAS to use the default value of 1.
sets the number of buffers to 2,147,483,647.