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SAS GRIDOPUS SPRING 2014 MEETINGFRANK SCOTT, SAS CANADA

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SAS® GRID WHAT IS SAS® GRID ?

A SAS grid computing environment is one in which SAS computing tasks are distributed among multiple computers on a network, all under the control of SAS Grid Manager.

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SAS® GRID COMPUTING

WHAT BUSINESS PROBLEMS DOES IT SOLVE?

Multiple and Varied User WorkloadsHigh AvailabilityIncreased Data VolumesLarger and More Complex AnalysisNeed for Flexible IT Infrastructure

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FEATURES

Multi-User Workload Balancing

Parallelized Workload Balancing

Distributed Enterprise Scheduling

High Availability

Scalability

SAS® GRID MANAGER

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SAS® GRID MANAGER PARALLELIZED WORKLOAD BALANCING

•Another reason for breaking up your programs:

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GRID MANAGER FEATURES SCALABILITY

• Your grid can grow or shrink with your needs

• The amount of work needed to grow or shrink your grid is minimal (no SAS deployment)

• Scale Horizontally very easily

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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES