SAS Strategy Management 5.6 requires two SAS/ACCESS engines of choice, and three SAS Metadata Bridges of choice.
SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting Server includes a SAS/ACCESS engine of choice (for transactional data purposes).
SAS recommends that you deploy SAS Metadata Server on a 64-bit host system. The SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded and multi-core server hardware (typically quad core or higher) is recommended. A dedicated machine for the SAS Metadata Server is recommended to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics, but is not required. 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 8GB of RAM is sufficient for most large deployments. 4GB of RAM is sufficient for many deployments and should be considered a minimum unless the specific deployment is tested and verified to require less memory.
Note: If the software installed on your Middle Tier includes a 32-bit version of Microsoft Office, the SAS Strategy Management import feature will not work properly. For more information, please see the “Microsoft ACE Engine Requirement” section in the SAS® Strategy Management 5.6: System Administration Guide.
For information about the application server required to host SAS web applications, please select the link for Web Application Servers and HTTP Servers at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.
For information about SAS Mobile BI Client support, please see the SAS® Visual Analytics 6.1 website, http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/va/index.html
The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new software is tested and approved. For the latest information, please select the link for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.