Mohamed Mehatab

Hewlett-Packard Canada

Introduction This presentation provides an overview of the

following

SAS Platform Architecture

Briefs on Tiers building SAS platform architecture

Various SAS Topologies

SAS Industry Solutions

Architecture of the SAS Intelligence Platform The SAS Intelligence Platform architecture is designed to

efficiently access large amounts of data, while

simultaneously providing timely intelligence to a large

number of users.

The SAS Enterprise Platform consists of a multi-tier

architecture that consists of following 4 tiers

Data Tier

SAS Server Tier

Middle Tier

Client Tier

Architecture of the SAS Intelligence Platform

C Metadata Server

Client Tier

Server Tier

Middle Tier

Data Tier

Architecture of the SAS Intelligence Platform

SAS Server Tier There are different SAS servers which execute SAS

analytical and reporting processes submitted by the clients.

The principal servers in the SAS Intelligence Platform are

SAS Metadata Server

SAS Workspace Server

SAS Pooled Workspace Server

SAS OLAP Server

SAS Stored Process Server

SAS Table Server

SAS Connect Server and SAS Share Server

SAS Server Tier - Spawners Object Spawner: It is used to launch Workspace

Server, Pooled Workspace Server and Stored Process Server sessions based on client requests

Connect Spawner: It is used to launch SAS Connect Server sessions

SAS Middle Tier It houses all the SAS Web applications users use to

perform BI reporting

The Middle Tier includes following third-party software

and SAS software elements:

a Web application Server

The java Development Kit

SAS Web applications

SAS Content Server and Remote Services

Data Tier The SAS intelligence Platform includes the following

options for data storage

SAS datasets , SAS SPDS and SAS OLAP cubes

In addition, SAS provides products that enable you to

access data in your existing third-party DBMSs and ERP

systems. The SAS/ACCESS interfaces provide direct

access to DBMSs such as the following:

Oracle

DB2

Teradata

ODBC,Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase

SAS Client Tier The clients in the SAS Intelligence Platform provide Web-

based and desktop user interfaces to content and

applications.

The following are few DWBI clients that run on Microsoft

Windows systems:

SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

SAS Enterprise Guide

SAS Enterprise Miner

SAS Data Integration Studio

SAS Information Map Studio

SAS Management Console

SAS OLAP Cube Studio

SAS Client Tier The following products require only a Web browser to be

installed on each client machine:

SAS Information Delivery Portal

SAS Web Report Studio

SAS Help Viewer for the Web

SAS Stored Process Web Application

SAS Management Console SAS OLAP Cube Studio SAS Data Integration Studio

SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office

SAS Information Map Studio

SAS Enterprise Guide

SAS Information Delivery Portal SAS Web Report Studio

Different Topologies Single Server Deployment Multi-Server Deployment

SAS Server Tier on same

Machine

Metadata Server and

Compute Tier are on a single

machine

Metadata Server and

Compute Tier are on separate

machines

SAS Middle Tier on same

Machine

SAS Middle Tier on a separate

machine

SAS Access configured to

connect to Data Tier through

database clients

SAS Access configured to

connect to Data Tier through

database clients

SAS Industry Solutions

Data Integration

Business Intelligence Analytics Metadata

SAS Industry Solutions

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