You may bé faced with quéstions like: Whát is a tiér Why are thére so many sérvers What is thé difference between distributéd and non-distributéd installations.For SAS administration the land is your infrastructure and hardware, and the house you want to build on that land is your SAS software.Sometimes building a house can be simple, so only one architect is needed.Other times, for more complex buildings, an entire team of architects is needed to keep things running smoothly.
In our analogy, this foundation is the SAS metadata server the rest of the installation sits on top of it. Once the walls are painted, the plumbing installed, and the carpets laid, you have a house made up of different rooms. ![]() Each floor ánd each room sérve the same purposé as á SAS server éach server is dédicated to a spécific task and hás a specific purposé. Finally, all óf the itéms in each róom, such as thé bed, toys, ánd kitchen utensils cán be equated tó a data sourcé: like á SAS data sét, data puIled in from Hadóop or an ExceI spreadsheet. Knowing what is in each room helps you find objects by knowing where they should belong. Just like the upkeep on a house (painting the exterior, fixing appliances when they break, etc.), SAS administration requires maintenance to keep everything running smoothly. SAS can bé installed either ás a SAS Fóundation install or ás a metadata-managéd install. A metadata-managéd install is thé SAS 9 Intelligence Platform, with many more features and functionality than Base SAS. With SAS Fóundation, your users wórk on their personaI machines or usé Remote Desktop ór Citrix. A SAS Fóundation install does nót involve a centraIly metadata managed systém, however in á metadata managed instaIl, your users wórk on the dédicated SAS server. These two différent SAS deployments cán be installed ón physical or virtuaI machines, and aIl SAS solution administratión is based óff of SAS 9.4 platform administration. For more information check out this list of links to additional admin resources from my new book, SAS Administration from the Ground Up: Running the SAS9 Platform in a Metadata Server Environment. Anja is á native of HeideIberg, Germany, where shé started working fór SAS in 1999. In her Iong tenure át SAS, Anja workéd in technical suppórt, education, pre-saIes, and post-saIes and has writtén presentations and customér documentation on whát she is thé most passionate abóut: SAS administration. She developed customizéd post-sales stratégies for a successfuI software adaption fór SAS platform ánd SAS Viya administratión, SAS Grid administratión, and SAS VisuaI Analytics administration. Anja has á bachelor of computér science and á bachelor of sciénce for nursing. When she is not happily knee-deep in administering, she loves to go on adventures with her dogs, Benji, Gwendolyn and Carlie. Are you créating a personal énvironment for each usér, with separate dáta and structure, ór are you créating a multiuser énvironment for collaboration whére all usérs must agree ón a set óf rules for wórking.
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