Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:54:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Optimizing SAS to run faster
Comments: To: "P. Cristian Gugiu" <crisgugiu@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <201008051842.o75FLTQZ026341@willow.cc.uga.edu>
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Cristian,

Here are two recommendations for you:

  070-2010: Why Aren't You Using
MEMLIB?<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.sas.com%2Fresources%2Fpapers%2Fproceedings10%2F070-2010.pdf&rct=j&q=sas%20memory%20library&ei=hQZbTOzYJsP-8AavwNiEAw&usg=AFQjCNHsGp31g-bxhYMCypL-MaTBtGnAOg&sig2=Bmcvu2QjtvpDs6wD99hkMg>
 and

get TS710 (How to Increase I/O Throughput with SAS for Windows’ SGIO
Feature) from the SAS Institute web site.

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:42 PM, P. Cristian Gugiu <crisgugiu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi all. I just upgraded my RAM in an effort to boost the performance of
> SAS. I now have 14BG of RAM running on a Dell Precision T5400 with 8
> processors (2.0 GHz). I also have the SAS temp folder in a dedicated 10k
> rpm drive. I can't affort to upgrade to a 15k rpm SAS drive.
>
> I would like to know what other things I can do to optimize the
> performance of SAS. Specifically, I checked a RAM meter as I ran a SAS
> program under timed conditions. The meter indicated that I was only using
> about 2GB of ram although no other programs were running, other than
> Windows 7. Is there a way to increase the amount of ram the SAS will use
> during a run? Along these lines, can someone tell me if the "memleave"
> or "memsize" options are the ones I need and if so, which should I set.
>
> thanks,
> Cristian
>