If the SAS Visual Analytics server tier and middle tier are deployed on separate machines, these machines must use operating systems in the same operating system family (for example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, x86, 64-bit and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, x86, 64-bit are in the same family).
The SAS Metadata Server and the SAS Web Infrastructure Platform can be located on machines that use a different operating system family.
SAS Visual Analytics Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.
SAS Information Retrieval Studio 1.5 requires Python 2.6 to 2.x for deployment.
For installation on UNIX platforms, the generic version of Python is appropriate.
For installations on Windows, either of these versions is appropriate:
If ArcGIS for Server is used as your map service, SAS Visual Analytics requires release 10.1 or higher.
SAS recommends deploying SAS Metadata Server on a 64-bit host system. The SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded, and multi-core server hardware (typically quad core or higher) is therefore recommended. A dedicated machine for the SAS Metadata Server is recommended to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics, but is not required. 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 information about the application server required to host SAS web applications, select the link for Web Application Servers and HTTP Servers at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.
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.
In addition, SAS Visual Analytics 6.4 requires Adobe Flash Player 11.1 or higher.