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Updates for SAS 9.2 (March 2008)
See the compatibility calculator to determine whether you need to migrate your libraries to SAS 9.2. Use the PROC MIGRATE calculator to find the right example code for your migration.
Get a Smarter COMPARE
Validation tools for the MIGRATE procedure now work with CEDA and provide additional details about catalogs, indexes, and integrity constraints.
Start Planning
See Getting Started for the most efficient pathway through all of the SAS®9 migration documentation.
Coexistence
Many SAS®9 products can install side-by-side with SAS 8.2 with very good compatibility. See Peaceful Coexistence: SAS®9 and SAS 8.2 for details.
Sample Validation SOP
See an example SOP: SAS Installation Qualification / Operational Qualification (PDF) for the pharmaceutical industry.

Migration

Execution: Tune for Performance

The following documents can help you tune your hardware and software to deliver the most effective configuration.

White Papers

Select the "white papers" link on the following pages.

SAS Online Documentation and SAS Press

The topic "Optimizing System Performance" in the SAS online documentation.
The topic "Monitoring Performance Using Application Response Measurement (ARM)" in SAS Language Reference: Concepts in the SAS online documentation.
Michael A. Raithel, Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, 2d ed., Cary, NC: BBU Press, 2003.

Scalability and Performance Focus Area

You can achieve better performance through scalability in your hardware and in SAS software. Visit the Scalability and Performance Focus Area for more information.

Best practice

SAS users have reported that benchmarking performance in the source environment helps to determine how performance changes in the target environment.

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