SAS Real-Time Decision Manager is available for both distributed and non-distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server deployments. These system requirements apply to both LASR deployments. The headings below indicate whether components apply to a specific LASR deployment.
The Design Server is used with the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Run-Time Server, which deploys decisions. For more information, see the separate System Requirements document for the Run-Time Server.
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager (Distributed LASR) includes the distributed version of SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting. This component is required to enable the Reporting Workspace in the CI 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 deployment instructions for more information.
This version of SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting must be installed on a separate machine from SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
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 8.9 under this policy.
The full SAS Support policy that applies to third-party software can be found on the SAS Support website. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs.
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design Server includes two SAS/ACCESS engines of choice from the following list:
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design Server also includes three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.
For information about the requirements for SAS Data Integration Server, refer to the system requirements document for that offering.
SAS Federation Server includes a SAS Federation Server driver of choice, either Greenplum or Teradata.
SAS Federation Server drivers for Db2, Oracle, and PostgreSQL are included with SAS Real-Time Decision Manager.
SAS Federation Server includes a SAS Quality Knowledge Base locale of choice, the same as the locale that was selected for SAS Federation Server. If not specified, by default, SAS Quality Knowledge Base Locale for English (USA) is included.
SAS Business Rules Manager Server includes a standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice, either Oracle or PostgreSQL.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice. This must be the same as the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design ACCESS engine; others are licensed separately. 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
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 includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice (for transactional data purposes) as available per platform. This must be the same as the SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting SAS/ACCESS engine; others are licensed separately.
Use of a co-located Hadoop File System (HDFS) is optional, but it requires a supported Hadoop environment and SAS Plug-ins for Hadoop (which are included with your license). For information about supported Hadoop distributions, refer to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/hadoop/hadoop-distributions.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/solutions/hpainfrastructure/.
SAS makes the following recommendations for SAS Metadata Server 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.
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager has two types of middle tiers: the Operational Mid-Tier (for executing campaigns), and the Design Mid-Tier (for designing campaigns). Both middle tiers are J2EE applications that run within a J2EE application server.
SAS Data Management Studio Clients server includes a Quality Knowledge Base Locale of choice.
SAS Decision Services Toolkit for Windows workstations (32-bit and 64-bit) can be downloaded from the SAS Download site.
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.
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager 6.6 can connect to various databases using SAS/ACCESS. The following is the list of databases with which SAS Real-Time Decision Manager 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.
Notes:
Microsoft software Server Failover Cluster is not supported.
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL is supported by SAS Real-Time Decision Manager 6.6 Run-Time Server on Amazon Web Services.
The same versions of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL that are supported in physical deployments are supported on RDS.
If your installation includes Oracle Database 12c, note that Oracle Multi-tenant architecture is not supported.
If your installation includes Oracle Database 12.2, this version is only supported by SAS 9.4TS1M4 (SAS 9.4M4) and later. Oracle 12.2 on Linux requires a hot fix. For more information, see the following SAS Note: http://support.sas.com/kb/60/895.html.
Connectivity to Oracle RAC is supported by means of connection strings that contain one Oracle Single Client Access Name (SCAN) listener address. SAS supports this configuration with the following limitations:
If staging capabilities are utilized, treatments are now staged to the Customer Intelligence Common Data Model.
Teradata and Greenplum are massively parallel processing data storage technologies that are often deployed as enterprise data warehouses. Databases deployed in this manner might not provide the performance necessary for certain high-throughput SAS Real-Time Decision Manager usage scenarios. Consult with SAS Customer Intelligence Professional Services before deploying SAS Real-Time Decision Manager with these databases. The SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Administrator's Guide provides additional guidance.
For more information, visit SAS Install Center and the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Learn and Support page.
Memory
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design Mid-Tier requires a minimum of 16 GB of memory.
Memory requirements for optimal performance might vary and should be determined based on consultation with SAS.
Requirements for the Operational Mid-Tier will vary based on the number of requests from other systems and the number of processes that are running concurrently.
Requirements for the Design Mid-Tier will vary based on the requirements of other web applications, the total number of users and concurrent users accessing the server, and the amount of content accessed by users.
Disk Space
SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Design Mid-Tier requires a minimum of 500 GB of disk space.
This value represents the amount of disk space that the SAS Real-Time Decision Manager Server setup directories might require. Additional space might also be required for new content and customization.
Additional disk space will be required for third-party software. The following are examples of third-party software that might be required, based on your configuration:
Memory requirements for optimal performance might vary and should be determined based on consultation with SAS.
Requirements for the Server Tier will vary based on the number of requests from other systems and the number of processes that are running concurrently.
Disk Space
The SAS Real-Time Decision Manager, SAS Federation Server, and DataFlux components require the following amounts of disk space:
Additional space might also be required for new content and customization.
Additional disk space will be required for third-party software, such as a database client.
For memory and disk space requirements, see the SAS 9.4 system requirements for the relevant operating system: http://support.sas.com/resources/sysreq/index.html.
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.