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System Requirements
SAS® Episode Analytics 4.2

Server-Tier Requirements

SAS Episode Analytics Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS Episode Analytics Server 4.2
  • SAS Forecast Server Procedures 14.3
  • SAS Integration Technologies 9.44
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 9.42
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files 9.4
  • SAS/ETS 14.3
  • SAS/GRAPH 9.4
  • SAS/IML 14.3
  • SAS/OR 14.31
  • SAS/QC 14.3
  • SAS/STAT 14.3

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 741 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

    • SAS Episode Analytics Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.

    SAS Episode Analytics is available using the Linux for x64 platform.

    SAS Episode Analytics Episode Definition Manager is included and licensed with SAS Episode Analytics Server.

SAS Visual Analytics Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS LASR Analytic Server Distributed Mode Component 2.3
  • SAS LASR Analytic Server Non-Distributed Components 2.3
  • SAS Visual Analytics 7.4
  • SAS Visual Statistics 7.4

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 294 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Oracle Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 7.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

SAS Visual Analytics Server is typically installed on the same machine as the SAS Episode Analytics Server.

The SAS Visual Analytics Server includes a SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.

Note: Both the Distributed Mode and Non-distributed Mode of SAS Visual Analytics Server include a Non-distributed Mode SAS LASR Analytic Server.

However, only the Distributed Mode of SAS Visual Analytics Server includes the Distributed Mode SAS LASR Analytic Server.

SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed Mode) on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS High-Performance Computing Management Console 2.9
  • SAS High-Performance Node Installation 3.7
  • SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop 1.01

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 1 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Oracle Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 7.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

Use of a co-located Hadoop File System (HDFS) is optional, but it requires a supported Hadoop environment and SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop (which are included with your license). For information about supported Hadoop distributions, refer to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/hadoop/hadoop-distributions.html. The plug-ins require additional configuration. For more information, see SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure 3.5: Installation and Configuration Guide at http://support.sas.com/documentation/solutions/hpainfrastructure/.

SAS Metadata Server

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SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server deployments:

  • a 64-bit host system
  • a dedicated machine to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics
  • multi-core server hardware because SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded
  • four or more cores for production deployments

The disk I/O performance of any server-class system should be sufficient. Memory requirements are highly dependent on the product mix and usage, but 8 GB of RAM are sufficient for most large deployments. For many deployments, 4 GB of RAM are sufficient and should be considered a minimum, unless the specific deployment is tested and verified to require less memory.


Middle-Tier Requirements

SAS Episode Analytics Mid-Tier on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS Episode Analytics Mid-Tier 4.2
  • SAS Home 7.4
  • SAS Studio Mid-Tier 3.71
  • SAS Visual Analytics Administrator 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Designer 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Explorer 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Graph Builder 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Printing Support 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Report Viewer 7.4
  • SAS Visual Analytics Services 7.4
  • SAS Visual Data Builder 7.4
  • SAS Web Application Server 9.44
  • SAS Web Infrastructure Platform 9.4
  • SAS Web Server 9.44
  • Search Interface to SAS Content 3.6

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 5019 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

    • Note: SAS Episode Analytics and SAS Visual Analytics Mid-Tier must be installed on the same machine.


Client-Tier Requirements

SAS Visual Analytics Clients

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Web Browsers

The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new products are tested and approved. For the latest information, visit the SAS 9.4 Support for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins page at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-9-4-web-browsers.html.

Note: Firefox Web Browser is not supported for SAS Episode Analytics 4.2 release.

SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients

SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients (SAS Mobile BI) is available for the Apple iPad and Android tablets via free downloads from app stores.


Third-Party Software

SAS software may be provided with certain third-party software, including but not limited to open-source software, which is licensed under its applicable third-party software license agreement. For license information about third-party software distributed with SAS software, refer to http://support.sas.com/thirdpartylicenses.

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