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System Requirements
SAS® Social Network Analysis Server 6.2

Server-Tier Requirements

SAS Social Network Analysis Server

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SAS/ACCESS Engines

SAS Social Network Analysis SAS Server includes one SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transaction data. It also includes a second SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for solution application data, selected from the following list:

  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle
  • SAS/ACCESS Interface to PostgreSQL

Databases

SAS Social Network Analysis Server supports the following databases:

  • IBM DB2 Enterprise 10.5
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise, 2012 Enterprise, 2014 Enterprise, and 2016 Enterprise
  • Oracle Enterprise 11g and Oracle Enterprise 12c
  • PostgreSQL 9.2

SAS Social Network Analysis Data Management Standard and BI Server

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SAS Social Network Analysis Data Management Standard and BI Server includes two SAS/ACCESS engines of choice, which must be the same as the two that were selected for the SAS Social Network Analysis Server. It also includes three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.

The server also includes a SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Pack of choice. Select the same one that you select for SAS Data Quality Server (see below).

SAS Social Network Analysis Data Management Standard and BI Server also includes either a Quality Knowledge Base locale of choice or a SAS Quality Knowledge Base for Product Data of choice. 

For information about SAS BI Server's requirements, see the SAS BI Server system requirements.

SAS Data Quality Standard Server

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SAS Data Quality Standard Server includes a SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Pack of choice.

The server also includes either a Quality Knowledge Base Locale of choice, or a SAS Quality Knowledge Base for Product Data of choice.

SAS Visual Process Orchestration Server

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SAS Social Network Analysis includes a SAS Visual Process Orchestration Server subcomponent, which is available in other offerings. It is only required if the SAS Data Quality Stardard Server is running on either the IBM z/OS or Microsoft Windows 32-bit platform.

For information about the applicable system requirements, review the separate System Requirements document.

SAS Metadata Server

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SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server deployments:

  • a 64-bit host system
  • a dedicated machine to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics
  • multi-core server hardware because SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded
  • four or more cores for production 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.

You have the option to install SAS Metadata Server on the same machine as SAS Social Network Analysis Server, SAS Social Network Analysis Data Management Standard and BI Server, or SAS Data Quality Standard Server.


Middle-Tier Requirements

SAS Social Network Analysis Mid-Tier

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SAS BI Server Mid-Tier

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Web Application Servers

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.


Client-Tier Requirements

SAS recommends a minimum screen resolution setting of 1280 x 1024 on client computers that are used to access SAS Social Network Analysis. SAS also recommends a minimum of 4 GB of RAM for the Client Tier.

SAS Data Management Standard and BI Server Clients

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SAS Data Management Standard Studio

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SAS Data Management Standard Studio includes a SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Pack of choice. Select the same one that you selected for SAS Data Quality Server.

SAS Data Management Standard Studio also includes either a Quality Knowledge Base Locale of choice or a SAS Quality Knowledge Base for Product Data of choice. Select the same one that you selected for SAS Data Quality Server.

Web Browsers

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, SAS Social Network Analysis supports only Internet Explorer version 11 or later. For information about other supported web browsers and supported web browser plug-ins, see the following page: http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.


Third-Party Software

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.

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