Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:51:59 -0400
Reply-To: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Re: Server SAS vs PC SAS, Pros and Cons
Liang,
But are you comparing apples with apples? Is the workstation a multi-core
workstation?
Besides the higher cost for the server license what got me to consider
going to multiple-core workstations was that so many on SAS-L were
reporting faster processing than I was achieving .. and they were all
doing it on workstations.
Art
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:18:36 -0400, oloolo <dynamicpanel@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>a difference I observed, but not documented is that some procedures that
are
>not multi-threaded in PC SAS actually can leverage multi cores in a server
>version.
>
>I tried PROC PRINCOMP to conduct a PCA on a moderate size, 1000-by-1000,
>real matrix. When the commands were executed on our server, the CPU time
is
>larger than real time, which means mutli-threading or multiple cores are
>involved in the analysis; but on our workstation which has PC SAS, the
real
>time is larger than the CPU time, which definitly is single threaded.
>
>SAS Doc didn't mention PRINCOMP in their list of procedures that can use
>multi-threading or multi-cores, however. I guess PROC FACTOR may also be
>improved.
>
>Overall, I am so far satisfied with the server environment for analysis,
>comparing to the PC enviornment in my previous company
>
>
>On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:07:39 -0400, Ya Huang <ya.huang@AMYLIN.COM> wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>We are considering to move away from standalone PC SAS to some kind
>>of server based SAS. We've done some comparison, but I would like to
>>get more input before we make a final decision. Would appreciate any
>>comments on why you think server is better or worse, why did you choose
to
>>move away or stay with PC SAS. Different prospects are welcome, not
necessay
>>technical concerns.
>>
>>It would be great if you can also share the basic configuration of
>>your server and client.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Ya
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