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 System 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 one of the following SAS/ACCESS engines:
SAS Information Retrieval Studio 1.5 requires Python 2.6 to 2.x for deployment. The generic version of Python is appropriate.
If ArcGIS for Server is used as your map service, SAS Visual Analytics requires release 10.1 or later.
SAS High-Performance Deployment for Hadoop 2.4 is provided for co-located data storage. SAS Visual Analytics 6.4 also supports the following options, with procurement and installation by the customer:
For information about the application server required to host SAS web applications, please 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, please 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.