Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:59:15 -0600
Reply-To: Ken Barz <zrab123@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Ken Barz <zrab123@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Is 9.2 THAT much faster than 9.1.3
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And SAS/Graph 9.2 ROCKS!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Snell" <sas@DATASAVANTCONSULTING.COM>
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Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: Is 9.2 THAT much faster than 9.1.3
> Art,
>
> Even the non-server computers now have multi-core cpu that take advantage
> of
> the multi-threading built-in to many SAS procedures.
>
> Interestingly, though, is that WPS, at least with sorting, is actually
> faster than SAS 9.2! It certainly is much less expensive than SAS on
> server
> platforms (10x less first year, 5x less subsequent years).
>
> Regards,
> Gregg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Arthur
> Tabachneck
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:07 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Is 9.2 THAT much faster than 9.1.3
>
> I've been meaning to ask this question for some time now thus, given that
> no one is posting today, thought this would be an excellent time to
> address the matter.
>
> For a number of years I always had to preface my comparison posts with the
> fact that I was running 9.1.3 on a 4-processor server.
>
> However, over the last couple of years, people running 9.2 in non-server
> environments, have been reporting much quicker processing times than I can
> achieve.
>
> Is 9.2 THAT much faster than 9.1.3 or am I missing something? Conversely,
> if the faster processing is due to dual processors, are dual processors
> covered by the standard work station license?
>
> I'm asking as we'll be upgrading to 9.2, soon, and I've got to decide
> whether to stick with a server environment or get a 15-non-server-user
> license and, possibly, upgrade our computers.
>
> As always, any feedback would be appriciated!
>
> Art
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