Date:         Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:42:13 -0400
Reply-To:     sally.vegso@yale.edu
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From:         Sally Vegso <Sally.Vegso@YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SAS 9.1.3 and ram availability
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Well at the moment we were thinking of just using it as a single user
system, because I don't think we want to get into the problems of taking
care of a server.  But if we did go to a server system, then I would
like to know if the RAM parses out to simultaneous users.

Thanks

Sally

Dennis G. Fisher, Ph.d. wrote:
> Sally,
> If you mean that your operating system is going to be Windows XP64, you
> probably want to make that Server 2003 (64 flavor whatever the
> designation
> is).  Is your question whether you can access the RAM as a single
> individual,
> or do you mean divided into each person who is accessing the server
> simultaneously?
> Dennis Fisher
>
> Sally Vegso wrote:
>> As I mentioned previously we are upgrading our system.  We are looking
>> at a Dell Precision 690 with Win XP64 and 32 GB of RAM and dual quad
>> processors.  Someone here had the question of whether SAS can access
>> more than 4 GB of RAM.  I thought I read that it can but I can't find
>> that now in support.sas.com.  And to access the extra will I have to
>> tweak the cache size and page size settings?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Sally
>>
>>
>