SAS Model Manager is available for both distributed and non-distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server deployments. These system requirements apply to both LASR deployments.
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 8.4, SAS x will also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 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.
Base SAS is required for SAS Model Manager, but it is separately licensed. SAS Data Integration Server, SAS/STAT, SAS/IML, and SAS Enterprise Miner are recommended (but optional) for SAS Model Manager, and are separately licensed.
In addition, SAS Scoring Accelerator for DB2 and SAS/ACCESS interfaces for Greenplum, Hadoop, Netezza, Oracle, SAP HANA, and Teradata are not included (but optional) and are separately licensed.
Note: SAS Model Manager In-Database Scoring Scripts is an optional product that is included with your license. It can be installed on another machine.
SAS Model Manager Server includes a required SAS/ACCESS engine of choice (Oracle or PostgreSQL).
An additional standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice (DB2, Greenplum, Hadoop, Oracle, SAP HANA, or Teradata) is recommended but not included.
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 Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes a Standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data. It must match the engine that was selected for the SAS Model Manager server, or it must be separately licensed.
Teradata and Greenplum must use the SAS Embedded Process to achieve parallel loading. To use the Embedded Process, you must install the appropriate SAS/ACCESS interface engine on the server tier.
Base SAS, SAS/ACCESS, and SAS Visual Analytics can either be installed on the head node of the commodity hardware (symmetric) or on separate hardware from the commodity hardware nodes (asymmetric). This architecture enables you to install the SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed LASR) server-tier Base SAS components on Windows for x64 while working with the Linux for x64 LASR Grid.
Use of a co-located Hadoop File System (HDFS) is optional, but it requires a supported Hadoop environment and SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop (which are included with your license). 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.
For most deployments, 32 GB of RAM should be considered a minimum for the middle tier.
SAS recommends deploying SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Mid-Tier server on a separate machine from the main SAS Model Manager 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.
Note: Base SAS is required for the Report Registration Client but is not included.
The SAS Visual Analytics Apps are supported on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Each app is written specifically for its operating system and provides native support for these devices so that you can view reports on your mobile device. You can download the apps for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
SAS recommends using the SAS Visual Analytics Apps for iOS or Android to view and interact with reports on mobile devices.
The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new software is tested and approved. For the latest information, select the link for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-9-4-web-browsers.html.
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.