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SASĀ® Data Quality Standard 2.9

Server-Tier Requirements

To keep pace with changes to third-party technologies, SAS has adopted a general policy of supporting one or more baseline major versions and subsequent minor updates for each officially supported operating system. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs. Only the supported baseline major versions are listed in this document.

The full SAS Support policy governing third-party software can be found at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/baseline-and-higher.html.

SAS Data Quality Standard Server

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SAS Data Quality Standard Server includes SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Packs. It also includes a locales for SAS Quality Knowledge Base. 

SAS Data Management Server Remote Function Call for SAP is included on request. It includes SAS Federation Server Driver for SAP.

On Windows, OpenSSL 1.0 or later is required. The OpenSSL DLLs must be installed in the Windows system directory or in a directory that is in the system PATH.

In UNIX environments, the vendor-provided OpenSSL library associated with your host must be installed:

  • AIX: openssl.base
  • Linux: openssl or compat-openss110
  • Solaris 11: library/security/openssl

SAS Data Quality Server

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SAS Data Quality Server includes SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Packs. It also includes locales for SAS Quality Knowledge Base. 

SAS Metadata Server

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SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server deployments:

  • a 64-bit host system
  • a dedicated machine to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics
  • multi-core server hardware because SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded
  • four or more cores for production deployments

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.


Middle-Tier Requirements

Starting with SAS 9.4M7, the SAS Web Server (a specific version of the Apache HTTP Server) that is delivered with the Middle Tier cannot be configured on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. Install the SAS Web Server on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 or another supported operating system.

Note: With SAS 9.4M8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 is no longer supported.

As an alternative, you can choose not to install the SAS Web Server.

SAS Data Quality Standard Mid-Tier

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Web Application Servers

When you install your SAS solution software, SAS Deployment Manager installs and configures the required web application servers and web servers.

To install these servers, select one of the supported operating systems for the middle tier.

Note: These servers cannot be installed on the z/OS or 32-bit Windows platforms.


Client-Tier Requirements

SAS Data Quality Standard Studio

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SAS Data Quality Standard Studio includes SAS Data Management Contextual Extraction Language Packs. It also includes locales for SAS Quality Knowledge Base. 

SAS Data Management Server Remote Function Call for SAP is included on request. It includes SAS Federation Server Driver for SAP.

 

Web Browsers

The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new software is tested and approved. For the latest information, check the Support for Web Browsers page at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-9-4-web-browsers.html.


Specific Product Requirements

Database Repository Storage

DataFlux Data Management Server and DataFlux Data Management Studio support the following databases for repository storage:

  • IBM Db2
  • Informix
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • SAS Web Infrastructure Platform Data Server
  • Sybase
  • Teradata

Important Upgrade Requirements

A few SAS Data Management components have been deprecated (as of July 2020). Before upgrading your SAS Data Management solution software, be sure to read the section of the SAS 9.4 Guide to Software Updates and Product Changes that is relevant for your product.


Third-Party Software

SAS software may be provided with certain third-party software, including but not limited to open-source software, which is licensed under its applicable third-party software license agreement. For license information about third-party software distributed with SAS software, refer to http://support.sas.com/thirdpartylicenses.

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