What’s New In SAS LASR Analytic Server

Some sites deploy SAS LASR Analytic Server to run as a service account. In these deployments, users connect through SAS Visual Analytics and access controls are set in SAS metadata. This option prevents the server from creating table signature files when data is loaded into the server. Table signature files are an operating system-level access control mechanism. Because the files are not created, the server is forced to rely on the SAS LASR Authorization Service for access control decisions.

In previous releases, SAS offered the SAS High-Performance Deployment for Hadoop. Using that software was one way to use a co-located data provider for a distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server.

The SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop replace that software. You can use the plug-ins to configure a commercial distribution so that it functions as a co-located data provider. This is necessary for the use of SASHDAT files with SAS LASR Analytic Server.

For customers that currently use the SAS High-Performance Deployment for Hadoop from a previous release, the plug-ins can be used to update the existing install to the latest release.