SAS Marketing Automation is available for both Distributed and Non-distributed LASR deployments. These System Requirements describe the components that are installed for both deployment types. Where requirements differ, the applicable type is indicated.
SAS Marketing Automation includes SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting. This component is required to enable the Reporting Workspace in the SAS Customer Intelligence 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 the deployment instructions for more information.
Note: Support Status: Only SAS 9.4 TS1M5 and later are supported on Windows Server 2016.
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.
SAS Marketing Automation Server includes three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.
It also includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data, and one of the following standard SAS/ACCESS engines of choice:
SAS Enterprise Miner Server includes standard SAS/ACCESS engines, which must be the same as those that were selected for the SAS Marketing Automation Server.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data. The SAS/ACCESS engine must be the same as the one that was selected for the SAS Marketing Automation Server. SAS recommends that you install SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server on a separate machine from the solution software.
Inclusion of SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server
For Hadoop Support
Base SAS, SAS/ACCESS engines, and SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server can be installed on the head node of the commodity hardware (symmetric) or on separate hardware (asymmetric). The Distributed LASR Base SAS components for SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting can therefore be installed on Windows for x64 while working with the Linux for x64 LASR grid.
SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server includes a Standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.
You can install the SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server on the same server as the Solution server, on the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server, or on a separate server. However, the operating system must be the same as the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server.
If you want to colocate SAS software with Hadoop File System (HDFS), the maintenance release number of your SAS 9.4 software determines the requirements for your colocated Hadoop deployment:
For information about supported Hadoop distributions, refer to https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-hadoop.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/onlinedoc/hp-analytics-infrastructure/index.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: Support Status: Only SAS 9.4 TS1M5 and later are supported on Windows Server 2016.
We recommend installing the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Mid-Tier Server on a separate machine.
The relevant Java Software Developer Kits (JDK) and the latest information and special instructions can be found on the Third-Party Support website: https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-java.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.
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.
Note: These servers cannot be installed on the z/OS or 32-bit Windows platforms.
SAS Marketing Automation is accessed via a supported web browser. The following page lists the browsers that are supported, including Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer: https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-9-4-web-browsers.html.
Some SAS web applications use Adobe Flash Player to provide interactive functionality. For more information, see https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-9-4-web-browsers.html.
Support for presentation virtualization environments (for example, Citrix) for clients hat are included with SAS Marketing Automation 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 Marketing Automation 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 Marketing Automation Server setup directory requires. Additional space may also be required for new content, such as campaigns and reports.
SAS Marketing Automation can connect to various databases using SAS/ACCESS. The following is the list of versions of databases with which SAS Marketing Automation is compatible.
Notes: If your installation includes Oracle Database 12c/18c, be aware that Oracle Multitenant architecture is not supported.
If your installation includes Oracle Database 12.2/18c, this version is only supported by SAS 9.4TS1M4 and later. Oracle 12.2/18c on Linux requires a hot fix. For more information, see the following SAS Note: http://support.sas.com/kb/60/895.html.
Note: SAS Data Sets are not supported with use of the CI Common Reporting Data Model, and no more than 5 million customer equivalent records are supported.
Note: Mixing of databases will not perform to an acceptable level and is not recommended.
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.