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- Hardware
- Machinery and equipment (CPUs, disk and tape drives, modems, keyboards, printers, scanners, cables, etc.). In operation, a computer is both hardware and software. One is useless without the...
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- HP StorageWorks MSA2000sa Configuration: Best Practices White Paper
- The MSA2000sa is a direct attach 3 Gb SAS connected 2U Storage Area Network SAN solution designed for small to medium size deployments or remote locations. It comes in two models - a basic single-controller model for low initial cost with the ability to upgrade later and a model with...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, SAS Institute, Model, Best Practice, MSA2000sa, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-01
- The Power of Spatially-Enabled Master Address Data Management
- This webinar provides an understanding of the anatomy of addresses and address systems - their complexities, importance, and optimal use. It presents solutions and applications for government and private organizations as well as technical strategies for EAS database creation and data maintenance. The webinar emphasizes the integration of an EAS...
- Tags: Webinar, SAS Institute, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-04-17
- Balancing the Load - SAS Server Technologies for Scalability
- This paper will address a variety of SAS servers and how they can be used to balance workload and work together to provide scalability in a SAS Enterprise deployment. The paper will discuss a variety of servers including stored process servers, workspace servers, data step batch servers, and grid servers....
- Tags: Scalability, SAS Institute, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-13
- New Architecture and Speed With a Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance
- One of the biggest challenges organizations have is how they store and retrieve for analysis large amounts of data. This problem has plagued industries for years. As data sizes grow into Terabytes and Petabytes, organizations continue to face these challenges as users want to analyze and report on 'The whole...
- Tags: Appliance, Data Warehouse, SAS Institute, Netezza, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-13
- SAS Data Integration Server Performance on IBM Mainframe Running z/OS
- SAS and IBM have begun a series of performance test efforts of SAS products on z/OS. The SAS Data Integration benchmarking scenario results highlighted in this paper. The SAS Data Integration benchmark scenario provides several retail-based tests and data that simulate real-world customer ETL processes. The test executed on z/OS...
- Tags: IBM Mainframe, Performance, Mainframe, SAS Institute, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-05
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003: Storage Performance Characterization of HP Smart Array P600 SAS Vs. HP SA6402 Ultra3 SCSI Controllers
- This paper provides a performance comparison between an HP Smart Array P600 controller with 10K RPM SAS drives and an HP Smart Array 6402 (SA6402) controller configured with 10K RPM Ultra 3 SCSI drives and with 15K RPM Ultra320 SCSI drives. The results of these comparisons demonstrate the benefits of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Exchange Server, SCSI, SAS Institute, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-10-01
- SAS 9.1.3 SP4 on IBM System p 570 POWER6 Processor-Based Server
- IBM System p 570 is powered by the 64-bit, 4.7 GHz, IBM POWER6 processors. The POWER6 processor is the next generation of the IBM POWER5 family of microprocessors. The IBM System p 570 server with IBM AIX Version 5.3 operating system demonstrated impressive performance, scalability and reliability when running the...
- Tags: IBM POWER6, SAS Institute, Server, IBM Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Deploying SAS Intelligence Storage on the Sun Fire X4600 Server and the Sun StorageTek 6540 Storage
- The Sun Fire X4600 is an 8-socket dual core AMD processor server that offers excellent performance for SAS applications. Sun and SAS have published performance results of SAS Intelligence Storage technologies running on the Sun Fire X45001, a 2-socket dual core AMD server that includes 24 TB of physical storage....
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, SAS Institute, StorageTek, Sun Fire, Sun Fire X4600, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Configuring EMC CLARiiON for SAS Business Intelligence Platforms: Applied Technology
- Deploying SAS applications optimally with data stored on EMC CLARiiON systems requires a close collaboration between SAS application programmers, database administrators, and storage administrators. Understanding how SAS typically drives I/O from the server environment and how CLARiiON works internally in servicing different types of I/O patterns is the key to...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, EMC Clariion, SAS Institute, EMC Corp., Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Performance Driven Data Integration: An Optimized Approach
- Characteristically, the data warehouse is a central repository of vast amounts of disparate data. The process of cleansing, extracting, transforming and organizing this data into an enterprise intelligence platform data mart presents unique challenges. An optimized approach towards performance driven data integration should eliminate redundancy and incorporate accuracy, timeliness, automation...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Performance, SAS Institute, Data Integration, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Annotated SAS/GRAPH Plot of z/OS Goal Mode Performance Indexes Using Macros and MXG Software
- This paper displays an annotated SAS/GRAPH plot of IBM z/OS Goal Mode workload service class performance indexes by using macros and MXG software. The graph is generated via a batch job using the SAS JCL procedure on an IBM mainframe server or Central Electronic Complex CEC using the z/OS platform....
- Tags: Performance, SAS Institute, IBM z/OS, MXG Software, SAS Output Delivery System, Performance Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Demeter in the Database
- Relational database normal form is nothing more than variable dereference. Used properly by following the two most important rules of object-oriented design, separation and encapsulation, one's database model will always work well. Violating the Law of Demeter enforces a concrete implementation on an otherwise abstract model, effectively multiplying in Cartesian...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Storage, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Simple and Effective: Using ODS Destinations to Facilitate Data Management
- A basic component of the management of project data and metadata is easy and convenient access to the information one and the clients needs. The approach outlined here has two general themes: the various ODS output destinations allow the user to choose the application that best fits the user and...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Data Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-14
- A Simple Chargeback System for SAS Applications Running on UNIX and Linux Servers
- Organizations that run SAS on UNIX and Linux servers often have a need to measure overall SAS usage and to charge the projects and users who utilize the servers. This allows an organization to pay for the hardware, software, and labor necessary to maintain and run these types of shared...
- Tags: Linux Server, SAS Institute, Unix, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-14
- SAS9 on the IBM System Z Mainframe: The Path to Mainframe Modernization That Preserves Your Application Investment
- SAS 9 is the result of a multi-year project to revise and extend SAS architecture to meet the demands of enterprise-class applications and solutions. As a result of this project, SAS offers its customers the SAS Business Intelligence BI Architecture. This paper focuses on the role of the mainframe in...
- Tags: Investment, SAS Institute, IBM Corp., SAS 9, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-02
- RAID 6 Principles: A Deep-Dive Tutorial
- SATA hard drives are continuing to assume new roles within enterprise applications. While a hard disk's expected useful life is largely independent of its host controller interface (SATA, FC-AL, SCSI, SAS, etc,), the present conventional perspective is that desktop hard drives have SATA interfaces and enterprise disks have FC-AL, SCSI,...
- Tags: Hard Drive, SCSI, SAS Institute, RAID, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-03-22
- Measuring the True Performance of Today's SATA and SAS RAID Controllers
- As companies become more reliant on storage, performance and availability are absolutely essential to keep businesses operating efficiently. From the top web server throughput in the industry, to the fastest response times for transactional servers, one can be confident one has the performance edge with Adaptec RAID controllers. Whether one...
- Tags: Performance, Adaptec Inc., SAS Institute, RAID, Storage, Serial ATA, Hardware
- White papers 2006-12-01
- SAS and the Market Overview
- Serial Attached SCSI SAS, the successor technology to the parallel SCSI interface, leverages proven SCSI functionality and features while expanding SCSI's proven performance, scalability and reliability for enterprise storage. SAS offers many features not found in today's mainstream storage solutions such as drive addressability up to 16,000 devices per port,...
- Tags: Storage, SCSI, SAS Institute, Serial Attached SCSI, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-11-06
- Master Data and Master Data Management: An Introduction
- Master Data Management is more than just an application. It is a composition of tools, methods and policies that will mold the future of exploiting the value of the corporate information asset. The secrets to success lie in understanding how MDM will transition the organization into one with a strong...
- Tags: Data Quality, SAS Institute, Master Data Management, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-09-14
- Master Data Management: Challenges to Success
- Introducing a Master Data Management MDM program is intended to generate a number of benefits to enterprise information and data management. By creating an environment guided by data governance policies and procedures to consolidate replicated versions of data into a single version of the truth (shared by both analytical and...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-09-14
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