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System Requirements
SAS® Fraud Management 6.1

Overview

The following topics list the operating system and system software requirements for SAS Fraud Management 6.1:

Host Operating Systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

For information about SAS supported operating systems, use the menus to see support information for SAS 9.4 on the following web page: SAS supported operating systems

SAS Fraud Management components for UNIX server-tier and middle-tier machines must be installed on the same platforms or Linux for x64.  

To keep pace with changes to third-party technologies, SAS has adopted a general policy of supporting one or more baseline major versions and subsequent minor updates for each officially supported operating system. For example, if the baseline for SAS x is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, SAS x will also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 under this policy.

The full SAS Support policy that applies to third-party software can be found at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/baseline-and-higher.html. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs.

Server-Tier Requirements

To keep pace with changes to third-party technologies, SAS has adopted a general policy of supporting one or more baseline major versions and subsequent minor updates for each officially supported operating system. For example, if the baseline for SAS x is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, SAS x will also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 under this policy.

SAS Fraud Management Decision Engine Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS Fraud Management Decision Engine 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Transaction Extensions 6.1

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 299 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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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 Fraud Management Decision Engine Server includes either of these SAS/ACESSS Engines of choice:

  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Postgres

Note: The SAS/ACCESS Engine of choice must be the same on all of the UNIX servers.

Note: The SAS Fraud Management Decision Engine Server requires a SAS Metadata Server during installation and a prior installation of SAS Fraud Management Batch Server. It may be installed without the SAS Fraud Management Rules Server. 

Note: SAS Metadata Server can go on the same machine as the main server, or on a separate machine.

SAS Fraud Management Batch Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS Fraud Management Multi Entity History DB Maintenance Macros 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Batch Servers Configuration 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Common Macros 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Data Services 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Reporting History ETL Server Macros 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management System of Record DB Maintenance Macros 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Management Transaction Extensions 6.1
  • SAS/CONNECT 9.4

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 318 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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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 Fraud Management Batch Server includes either of the following SAS/ACESSS Engines of choice:

  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Postgres

Note:The SAS/ACCESS Engine of choice must be the same on all of the UNIX servers.

SAS Fraud Management Rules Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS Fraud Management Rules Server 4.21
  • SAS Fraud Management Transaction Extensions 6.1
  • SAS Integration Technologies 9.45
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files 9.4
  • SAS/CONNECT 9.4

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 299 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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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 Fraud Management Rules Server includes either of the following SAS/ACESSS Engines of choice:

  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Postgres

Note:The SAS/ACCESS Engine of choice must be the same on all of the UNIX servers.

SAS Fraud Management Analytic Server on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • Base SAS 9.4
  • SAS Fraud Management Analytic Server 6.1
  • SAS Fraud Transactional Analysis Engine 6.1

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 367 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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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 Metadata Server on Linux for x64

SAS Product installed on this machine: Base SAS 9.4
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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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 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 Fraud Management Mid-Tier on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS Fraud Management Mid-Tier 6.1
  • SAS Studio Mid-Tier 3.8
  • SAS Web Application Server 9.45
  • SAS Web Infrastructure Platform 9.4
  • SAS Web Server 9.45

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 2417 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
  • Oracle Linux 8.0 (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
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (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

Web Application Servers

SAS Fraud Management 6.1 supports IBM MQ v9.

When you install your SAS solution software, SAS Deployment Manager installs and configures the required web application servers and web servers.

To install these servers, select one of the supported operating systems for the middle tier.

Databases

The following are the database system requirements for SAS Fraud Management 6.1:

  • PostgreSQL 11.2
  • DB2 v11 (Mid-Tier)
  • Oracle 12cR2, Oracle 18c, Oracle 19c

Mid-Tier Storage Requirements

  • System of Record (SOR) – dependent upon the number of days retained, determined per customer installation
  • Reporting History (TDR) – dependent upon the number of months retained, determined per customer installation
  • MQ queues – dependent upon queue depth, determined per customer installation

Mid-Tier Server Hardware Requirements

  • ETL/BI/Metadata: POWER6 server* and Intel
  • TDR: POWER6 server* and Intel
  • SAS Application Server: POWER6/POWER7 server* and Intel
  • SOR: POWER6 server* and Intel

* The number and speed of processors, internal storage in addition to the number of physical servers per installation for redundancy is determined per installation and customer requirements.


Client-Tier Requirements

SAS BI Clients

Select a platform:

Note: SAS Management Console and SAS BI Lineage Plug-in for SAS Management Console can also run on AIX, HP IPF, Linux for x64, Solaris SPARC, and Solaris  for x64, Windows 32-bit, and Windows 64-bit.

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 Fraud Management Third-party Support Page at https://support.sas.com/kb/46/539.html 


Hardware Requirements

All-UNIX Solution

The All-UNIX/Linux option is for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This version is available in SAS Fraud Management 3.2 and later versions. A customer who chooses this option would expect to allocate several (physical) p-series servers or reduce this footprint by implementing a larger multi-core server or servers with logical partitions and shared memory. 

The requirements regarding the disk space, CPUs, as well as real and virtual storage utilization will depend completely on the size of the customer’s workload. SAS works with prospective customers to define the expected customer workload and corresponding hardware resources needed. This process is a standard part of any SAS Fraud Management project.

Virtual Server Support


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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