What's New in SPD Server 4.5?

The operating system requirements for SPD Server 4.5 are different from the requirements for SPD Server 4.4. For more information about operating system requirements for SPD Server 4.5, see SPD Server Pre-Installation and System Requirements Guide .

SPD Server 4.5 now supports the Linux x64 platform.

SPD Audit logging has been enhanced to include the user LIBNAME in the proxy and SQL audit logs. For more information, see SPD Server Auditing.

You can now specify recycle times for the SPD Server name server log and the SPD Server SNET log. For additional information about configuring SPD Server log cycle times for Windows installations, see Configure SPD Server Software on Your Windows Host. For additional information about configuring SPD Server log cycle times for UNIX installations, see Configuring SPD Server Host Software for Your Site.

SPD Server now supports user formats with the put() function that are more than 8 characters in length. An SPD Server host can read user format catalog files that were created by SAS running on Windows, or that were running on the same machine as the SPD Server host. The spdsls list utility has been enhanced to add a -verbose option. The -verbose option provides information such as the number of observations, observation length, index segment size, partition size, and whether the table is compressed, encrypted, or is a member of a cluster. For more information about SPD Server list utilities, see SPD Server Table List Utility Spdsls.

SAS implicit pass-through SQL now permits SQL queries to SPD Server that include supported SPD Server functions. To see a list of the functions that SPD Server supports via implicit pass-through SQL, see Differences between SAS SQL and SPD Server SQL in SAS Scalable Performance Data Server: User's Guide.

When you install SAS, the SPD Server 4.5 client components for SAS are automatically installed and delivered. For more information about installing SPD Server 4.5 on a Windows platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions. For more information about installing SPD Server 4.5 on a UNIX platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions.

When you install SAS Management Console, SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 are automatically installed and delivered. For more information about installing SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 on a Windows platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions. For more information about installing SAS Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 on a UNIX platform, see Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions.