SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization includes SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting for a Distributed LASR environment. SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting is required to enable the Reporting Workspace in the CI Studio user interface.
If SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting is not installed, the Reporting Workspace will not be available in your system. Refer to deployment instructions for more information.
SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization Server includes the following software:
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server (Distributed LASR) includes SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed LASR). SAS LASR Analytic Server (Non-distributed LASR) is optional.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server (Distributed LASR) also includes a Standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.
SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization Server includes the following software:
With SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting release 7.1 and later, Teradata and EMC Greenplum, like all other data storage providers, must use the Embedded Process to achieve parallel loading.
In previous releases, LASR used memory mapping of data between in-memory storage and on-disk storage, which allowed for faster data loads into memory – a special case of parallel loading for Teradata and Greenplum only. This memory mapping was provided by features in SAS High-Performance Analytics that were utilized by LASR. These specific memory mapping models are no longer supported for Teradata and Greenplum.
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.
SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization Mid-Tiers includes SAS Information Delivery Portal Web Application.
The relevant Java Software Developer Kits (JDK) and the latest information and special instructions can be found on the Third-Party Support Web site: http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/jdks.html.
The middle tier of the SAS® 9.4 Intelligence Platform includes a SAS Web Application Server and a SAS Web Server for use as an HTTP server. For more information, refer to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/appservers/index.html.
The SAS Web Application Server is a lightweight server that provides enterprise-class features for running SAS web applications. For more information, refer to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/appservers/index.html.
SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization is accessed via a supported web browser. The following page lists the browsers that are supported, including Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer: http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/browsers.html.
Some SAS Web applications use Adobe Flash Player to provide interactive functionality. For support, see http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/browsers.html#flash.
Support for presentation virtualization environments for clients included with SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization (such as Citrix, for example) is consistent with the SAS corporate support policy, which can be found at http://support.sas.com/techsup/pcn/virtualization.html.
SAS Visual Analytics Mobile Clients (SAS Mobile BI) are available for the Apple iPad and Android tablets via free downloads from app stores.
The minimum recommended memory for the SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization mid-tier is 8 GB.
Memory requirements for optimal performance may vary, and should be determined based on consultation with SAS Enterprise Excellence Center.
This is the amount of disk space that the SAS High-Performance Marketing Optimization Server setup directory requires. Additional space may also be required for new content such as campaigns and reports.
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.