I am always amazed at how many people under estimate the level of administration that the SAS 9.x platform now requires.
I think it stems from the old SAS 8 environment that really managed itself.
But SAS 9.1 and 9.2 is a multi tier environment with lots of moving parts and so you really need a dedicated (even if it is only part time) administrator to make sure it is humming.
Thotwave have a great paper titled SAS® Administration, More relevant than ever that provides a good explanation of what this role needs to achieve.
And of course any administrator should also attend the SAS PA Fast course as well.
It also looks like in SAS 9.2 there are lots of great changes to make administrating the SAS environment easier.
Even if you decide to have one of your analytic or business users manage your environment, still send them on the training. It will save them a lot of time and you a lot of money.
I thought I recognised bits of this, it appears to build on paper 220 from the 2008 SGF (http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2008/220-2008.pdf).
Are there significant differences?
Hi Robert
It does look very similar and as both group of Authors work for Thotwave then I am guessing it is a rehash of the original paper.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Cheers
Shane
Shane,
Thanks for pointing out the v8 to v9 paradigm shift for users! I have also written a paper (SGF2009) about how to support a SAS Server Architecture. You can check out my SAS Community article at http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Supporting_a_SAS_Server_Architecture.
~ Angela Hall
angela.hall@zencos.com