SAS Marketing Optimization 6.4 includes SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting. This component 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 the deployment instructions for more information.
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 Optimization Server includes Advanced Computing Library and three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice.
SAS Marketing Optimization Server also includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice (for transaction data) and the following SAS/ACCESS engines of choice:
Platform Suite for SAS is available as an orderable, line item add-on. While it is not required, it is recommended if job scheduling is needed.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server (Distributed or Non-distributed LASR) includes a Standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.
SAS recommends installing SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting on a separate machine from SAS Marketing Optimization.
The SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server must run on the same platform as the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server. You can install it on the Solution Server, on the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server, or on a dedicated server.
The SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transaction data.
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.
SAS recommends installing the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Mid-Tier server on a separate machine.
The relevant Java Software Developer Kits (JDKs) 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 Optimization 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.
Support for presentation virtualization environments for clients included with SAS Marketing Optimization (for example, Citrix) 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 Optimization middle 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 Optimization Server setup directory requires. Additional space may also be required for new content such as campaigns and reports.
SAS Marketing Optimization can connect to various databases using SAS/ACCESS. The following list provides the versions of databases with which SAS Marketing Optimization 6.4 is compatible.
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.
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.