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System Requirements
SAS® Marketing Automation 6.6

Overview

SAS Marketing Automation is available for both Distributed and Non-distributed LASR deployments. These System Requirements describe the components that are installed for both deployment types. Where requirements differ, the applicable type is indicated.

SAS Marketing Automation includes SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting. This component is required to enable the Reporting Workspace in the SAS Customer Intelligence Studio user interface. If SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting is not installed, the Reporting Workspace will not be available in your system. Refer to the deployment instructions for more information.

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. For example, if the baseline for SAS x is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1, SAS x will also support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 under this policy.

The full SAS Support policy that applies to third-party software can be found at https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/baseline-and-higher.html. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs.

SAS Marketing Automation Server

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SAS Marketing Automation Server includes three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.

It also includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data and one SAS/ACCESS engine to connect to one of the supported databases that are listed below in the "Database Requirements" section. 

SAS Enterprise Miner Server

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SAS Enterprise Miner Server includes standard SAS/ACCESS engines, which must be the same as those that were selected for the SAS Marketing Automation Server.

SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server

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SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice for transactional data. The SAS/ACCESS engine must be the same as the one that was selected for the SAS Marketing Automation Server. SAS recommends that you install SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server on a separate machine from the solution software.

Inclusion of SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server

  • SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server, Non-distributed is included automatically if the deployment is for Non-distributed LASR. It is optional if the deployment is for Distributed LASR.
  • SAS Visual Analytics LASR Server, Distributed is included automatically if the deployment is for Distributed LASR.

For Hadoop Support

Base SAS, SAS/ACCESS engines, and SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server can be installed on the head node of the commodity hardware (symmetric) or on separate hardware (asymmetric). The Distributed LASR Base SAS components for SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting can therefore be installed on Windows for x64 while working with the Linux for x64 LASR grid.

SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server (Non-distributed LASR)

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SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server includes a Standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice.

You can install the SAS Solution LASR Analytic Server on the same server as the Solution server, on the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server, or on a separate server. However, the operating system must be the same as the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server.

SAS LASR Analytic Server (Distributed LASR) on Linux for x64

SAS Products installed on this machine:
  • SAS High-Performance Computing Management Console 2.9
  • SAS High-Performance Node Installation 3.91
  • SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop 1.02

Disk Space Consumed by Installed Products: 1 MB
Supported Environments:
  • Oracle Linux 7.9 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Oracle Linux 9.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (64-bit version) on the x64 chip family

If you want to colocate SAS software with Hadoop File System (HDFS), the maintenance release number of your SAS 9.4 software determines the requirements for your colocated Hadoop deployment:

  • For SAS 9.4 M4 and later, modify your supported Hadoop environment with files from SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop.
  • For SAS 9.4 M3 and earlier, modify your supported Hadoop environment with files from SAS High-Performance Deployment for Hadoop.

For information about supported Hadoop distributions, refer to https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-hadoop.html. The plug-ins require additional configuration. For more information, see SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure 3.5: Installation and Configuration Guide at http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/hp-analytics-infrastructure/index.html.

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

SAS Marketing Automation Mid-Tiers

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SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Mid-Tier

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SAS recommends installing the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Mid-Tier Server on a separate machine.

Mid-Tier Java Application Server Support

The relevant Java Software Developer Kits (JDK) and the latest information and special instructions can be found on the Third-Party Support website: https://support.sas.com/en/documentation/third-party-software-reference/9-4/support-for-java.html.

Web Servers

The middle tier of the SAS 9.4 Intelligence Platform includes a SAS Web Application Server and a SAS Web Server for use as an HTTP server. 

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.


Client-Tier Requirements

 

SAS Marketing Automation Clients

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SAS® Add-In 8.2 for Microsoft Office does not support Microsoft Windows 7.

Web Browsers

SAS Marketing Automation is accessed via a supported web browser. The following table lists the operating systems and browsers that are supported:

Operating System Web Browser (64-bit) Web Browser (32-bit)
Apple OS X 10.10+ Apple Safari 10.0+

 

Linux 64-bit (x86-64) Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Google Chrome 67.0+
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge 42.1+
Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge 42.1+
Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Edge 42.1+
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) Google Chrome 67.0+ Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) Google Chrome 67.0+ Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows Server 2012   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2   Google Chrome 67.0+
Mozilla Firefox 60.0+

Presentation Virtualization Environments

Support for presentation virtualization environments (for example, Citrix) for clients hat are included with SAS Marketing Automation is consistent with the SAS corporate support policy, which can be found at http://support.sas.com/techsup/pcn/virtualization.html.

SAS® Visual Analytics Apps for iOS, Android, or Windows

The SAS Visual Analytics App is supported on Apple iPhones and iPads; Google Android smartphones and tablets; and PCs and tablets running Microsoft Windows. You can download the free mobile app from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the Microsoft Store.

SAS recommends using the SAS Visual Analytics App to view and interact with reports on mobile devices. For more information, see the SAS Visual Analytics App Learn and Support page.


Hardware Requirements

Minimum Recommendations

Memory

The minimum recommended memory for the SAS Marketing Automation Mid-Tier is 8 GB.

Memory requirements for optimal performance may vary, and should be determined based on consultation with SAS Enterprise Excellence Center.

Disk Space

  • SAS Marketing Automation Application Server: 300 MB above your current environment
  • SAS Marketing Automation Web Components: 300 MB above your current environment
  • SAS Customer Intelligence Reporting: 250 MB above your current environment

This is the amount of disk space that the SAS Marketing Automation Server setup directory requires. Additional space may also be required for new content, such as campaigns and reports.

Client Application Machine: Minimum Recommended

  • Modern Intel or AMD processor running at 2.33 GHz or faster
  • Memory:
    • 3 GB minimum
    • 128 MB graphical memory
  • SAS Marketing Automation Disk Space: SAS Customer Intelligence Studio 350 MB above your current environment

Database Requirements

Database Compatibility

SAS Marketing Automation can connect to various databases using SAS/ACCESS. The following list provides the versions of databases with which SAS Marketing Automation 6.6 is compatible:

Note: For specific version information, refer to SAS Support for Cloud and Database Variants and consult the SAS/ACCESS system requirements, which are included in the SAS 9.4 Foundation system requirements document that corresponds to your operating system.

  • Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL)
  • Amazon Redshift
  • EMC Greenplum
  • IBM Db2/UDB
  • Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
  • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition
  • Note: Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition is only supported for up to 10 million customer records.

  • Oracle
  • Note: If your installation includes Oracle Database 12c, be aware that Oracle Multitenant architecture is not supported.

  • PostgreSQL
  • SAP HANA
  • SAS Data Sets
  • Notes: SAS Data Sets are not supported with use of the CI Common Reporting Data Model, and no more than 5 million customer-equivalent records are supported.

  • Snowflake
  • Teradata

Note: Mixing of databases will not perform to an acceptable level and is not recommended.


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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