SPD Server software
is designed for high-performance data delivery. Its primary function
is to provide user access to SAS data for intensive processing (queries
and sorts) on the host server machine. When client workstations on
different platforms send processing requests to an SPD Server host,
the host returns results in the format required by each client workstation.
SPD Server uses parallelism
to deliver rapid results for each user, while supporting many simultaneous
users.
SPD Server 5.1 provides
on-disk structures that are compatible with SAS 9.4 and the large
table capacities that it supports. SPD Server clusters are a unique
design feature. SPD Server is a full 64-bit server that supports up
to 2 billion columns and for all practical purposes, unlimited rows
of data.
SPD Server 5.1 operates
on computers running SAS 9.4 or later. PC users who do not use SAS
can still use SPD Server.
For more information about connecting to SPD Server, see Overview of Using SPD Server with Other Clients. SAS users
can access SPD Server by using SQL pass-through or by using the SAS
language.
Syntax Conventions: SPD
Server software supports SAS users and other users. SPD Server documentation
uses common terminology that both audiences should understand. In
SPD Server documentation, SAS data sets are referred to as tables,
SAS variables are referred to as columns, and SAS observations are
referred to as rows. The SPD Server product is referred to as SPD
Server or the software, depending on the context of the documentation.