SAS/SHARE software consists of the following procedures and
engine:
manages and performs
input and output requests to SAS files on behalf of SAS clients and
clients that are not SAS applications.
manages server, library,
and client resources. For example, you can allocate a library to a
server, free a library, stop a server, restart a server, and display
information about clients.
enables a client SAS
session to access SAS data by means of a SAS/SHARE server. (The REMOTE engine is also licensed and distributed
as part of SAS/CONNECT software.)
The REMOTE engine does
not operate directly on files in a SAS library; it communicates with
a
SAS/SHARE server. Each
client runs a private copy of the REMOTE engine to communicate with
a server.
A server uses one or
more library engines or view engines to operate directly on files
in SAS libraries that clients access through the server. The server
routes requests from the REMOTE engine to the appropriate engine for
the SAS library or the file that the client accesses. A server's default
library engine is specified in the ENGINE= system option. You might
override the default and specify another engine when you start a server.
Other engines are documented in the SAS documentation for your operating
environment.