Date:         Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:35:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Anton <martin.anton@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Anton <martin.anton@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Metadata Server on x64: Windows or Solaris?
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We have a SAS 9.1.3. Enterprise Intelligence Platform (EIP) with Data
Integration (DI) Server, Enterprise BI Server and Intelligent Storage
(no solutions). We are planning on using the following Sun servers for
the following SAS tiers:
Sun Fire E20K Server SPARC (http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/
sunfire_e20k/) - Compute Tier (DI + BI + SPDS + LSF) {Solaris 10}
Sun Fire T2000 Server SPARC (http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/
t2000/) - Mid/Web Tier (SAS WIK + WebSphere + Xythos + Postgres)
{Solaris 10}
Sun Fire X4600 Server AMD Opteron X64 (http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/
x4600/) - Metadata Server {Solaris 10 or Windows 2003 R2 32-bit}

What are the differences (pros and cons) of running  the Metadata
Server on Solaris 10 (64-bit) versus Windows 2003 R2 (32-bit) on the
X4600?

Obviously the 32-bit vs. 64-bit is the most visible. We've configured
both and they seem to be working fine with the tests we done, although
we did not put them under a lot of stress.

The Windows installation was easier because you don't have to do the
SET UID procedure with the root user, but the Solaris default
configuration seems to be more secure.

We will most probably use host authentication on either Solaris and
Windows because our users are not on one network domain and we have
administrator skills on both operating systems.

On one side we want to opt for Windows because it is more user
friendly but on the other side it makes sense to go for Solaris
because of the 64-bit.

Does anybody know when SAS is planning to support the Metadata Server
on 64-bit x64 Windows? Currently it looks like only SAS Foundation on
SAS 9.2 is supported on 64-bit x64 Windows.

Thanks

Anton