Problem Note 13532: Performance degradation when using COMPRESS=BINARY option
Beginning in SAS 9.1.3 there is a performance degradation when using
OPTIONS COMPRESS=BINARY. The performance degradation affects any DATA
or PROC step which is executed after specifying COMPRESS=BINARY.
The problem is fixed in SAS 9.2.
A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013532
For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
fix should be downloaded from:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013532
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP1 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Access ==> SAS I/O
|
| Date Modified: | 2004-12-20 13:38:03 |
| Date Created: | 2004-10-05 09:27:51 |
