Note: SAS Real-Time Decision Manager is referenced throughout this document. It is optional and separately licensed. Refer to the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager system requirements for information about its requirements.
SAS Decision Manager Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data. It also includes three SAS Metadata bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards which is included automatically.
SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle and SAS/ACCESS Interface to PostgreSQL are both included in the product list. You must select one of them when placing your order.
SAS Decision Manager Server may include the following optional and separately licensed products:
Refer to system requirements for each product on the Install Center at http://support.sas.com/installcenter for more information.
Note: SAS Federation Server is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
Note: DataFlux Authentication Server is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server (Distributed Mode) includes one of the following:
It also includes:
SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed) includes SAS/ACCESS Interface to Greenplum or SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata (appliance obtained from vendor), or a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice if using Hadoop (commodity hardware).
Apache Hadoop software is distributed with SAS software as a convenience. For support information, see http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/ApacheHadoopSupport.html.
SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server 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.
Note: DataFlux Data Management Studio Clients for SAS Decision Services client software is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager. Refer to the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager system requirements for more information.
Note: SAS Decision Services Design Mid-Tier is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
Note: SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design Mid-Tier is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
Note: SAS Decision Services Toolkit Clients is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager. Refer to the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager system requirements for more information.
Note: DataFlux Data Management Studio Clients for SAS Decision Services client software is included with the optional and separately licensed SAS Real-Time Decision Manager. Refer to the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager system requirements for more information.
SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients are supported on Apple iPads and Android tablets. It uses SAS Mobile BI, which is only available via free download from app stores.
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.