SAS Underwriting Risk Management for P&C Insurance 3.3 is available for both distributed and non-distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server deployments. These system requirements apply to both LASR deployments. The headings below indicate whether components apply to a specific LASR deployment.
SAS Risk Management for Insurance Server includes includes two standard SAS/ACCESS engines of choice, three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards which is included automatically.
SAS Underwriting Risk Management for P&C Insurance includes SAS Infrastructure for Risk Management. For more information, see the system requirements for that solution.
Customers who have a current license can obtain SAS Regulatory Content for Underwriting Risk Management for P&C via the external download site.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice. It must be the same as the SAS Risk Management for Insurance Server ACCESS engine; others are separately licensed.
Note: Both the Distributed Mode and Non-distributed Mode of SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server include a Non-distributed Mode SAS LASR Analytic Server. However, only the Distributed Mode of SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes the Distributed Mode SAS LASR Analytic Server.
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 http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/hadoop/hadoop-distributions.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/solutions/hpainfrastructure/.
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: If you are using an application server on a UNIX machine, SAS strongly recommends that you set the ulimit on that machine to 10240. For details about the procedure to set the ulimit for your operating system, contact your system administrator.
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 Visual Analytics Mobile Clients (SAS Mobile BI) are available for the Apple iPad and Android tablets via free downloads from app stores.
For information about SAS AppDev Studio, see the SAS AppDev Studio system requirements on the SAS Support website.
The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new products are tested and approved. For the latest information, visit the SAS 9.4 Support for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins page at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/browsers.html.