Date:         Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:51:17 -0500
Reply-To:     "Ravi, Prasad" <Prasad.Ravi@PFIZER.COM>
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From:         "Ravi, Prasad" <Prasad.Ravi@PFIZER.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS/Intrnet
Comments: To: Jit Bhattacharya <jit.bhattacharya@PRUDENTIAL.COM>
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   In this scenario it seems like it make sense to install SAS/IntrNet on
your UNIX server since your data resides on this, hopefully your programs
are also on the Unix server.  You don't have to install that software on
both NT and UNIX servers,  hopefully all your users have UNIX access.
SAS/IntrNet comes with htmSQL and Application dispatcher components, which
can query your data and generate reports on the web.  Also you have to have
SAS/SHARE product to use SAS/IntrNet software.

  Further you can invite local SAS/IntrNet representative to examine all
possible options for your case, they will recommend what would be the best
thing for you .


-----Original Message-----
From: Jit Bhattacharya [mailto:jit.bhattacharya@PRUDENTIAL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:22 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: SAS/Intrnet


Mike Davis and Ming gave me some tips on SAS/Intrnet - but I guess I need to
go
into some details - problem is, I do not know them all, but I will try.

Our company has a Unix server with 4 processers and about 100 GB of space -
we
have very large datasets. we are also thinking about allocating an NT
machine to
act as a web server. Our intent is to explore possibilities to use
SAS/Intrnet.
Currently we have a SAS/AF application that is used by 100 users to access
the
Unix datasets. Our experience with this 'fat client' has not been all
positive,
so we are thinking of switching to SAS/Intrnet, if feasible. Our datasets
have ,
on average, 4 million obs, with some with as many as 50 million obs. Our
current
application enables drilldown on MDDBs that are viewed with an EIS object.
We
would like to have this capability with Intrnet. other than this, our basic
need
is for users to choose certain parameters, and start SCL/SAS code to show a
report. We wanted to know what are the implications of moving to Intrnet. I
would say, at any given time, not more than 7-8 users would run reports.
Should
we be getting Appdev Studio? or can we do without it?

Jit