Strategy
Papers within this section describe the strategy for working with SAS Software and projects that deploy SAS Software to business.
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Solving Performance Problems in the SAS Environment with Solid State Drives- Date:
- 21 December 2011
The continual growth in data volumes creates challenges in our SAS environments. As data volumes grow exponentially reading and writing data, referred to as I/O, is the biggest performance challenge we face. Amadeus observed an average reduction of almost 60% in the elapsed time of SAS jobs running on Microsoft Windows Server servers when we used Fusion-io’s ioDrive. The performance improvement was created by maximising I/O allowing greater utilisation of CPU and memory resources.
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Solving the Source Control Issue
- Date:
- 26 February 2010
The administration of SAS code frequently depends on the file management and good practice of the individual developer. When many people share the same SAS programs it is likely a conflict or unintentional loss of code will occur. Source Control systems are designed to manage access, versions and the history of files. This paper presents a review of source control systems that are already available, or can be used, within the SAS environment.
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Managing Complex SAS upgrades
- Date:
- 26 February 2010
This paper will explain the management approach to a complex SAS project, including the strategic and tactical approaches to the project deliverables, change control and the need to manage the expectations of everyone from the SAS users to Directors. This paper is for project managers, business sponsors and board members who may be interested in the non-technical aspects of a large and complex SAS implementation.
