https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-Much-Disk-Space/m-p/558740#M10147 <P>I'm buying a new Linux system and I'm wondering where I can find guidance on how to think about how much hard drive space I need for SAS temp files.&nbsp; I know procedures like proc sort use a lot of temp space.&nbsp; I'm trying to be cost effective in trading off hard drive size vs. hard drive speed.&nbsp; Of course I want the fastest SSD drive I can afford, subject to the constraint that I have a big enough drive.&nbsp; For example, if the biggest data sets I work with are about 20G, how big of a drive do I need for SAS to run efficiently?&nbsp; Would a 400G drive be enough to devote entirely to SAS temp space, or would I need to jump up to 1TB?&nbsp;</P> Tue, 14 May 2019 19:24:24 GMT coder1 2019-05-14T19:24:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-Much-Disk-Space/m-p/558740#M10147 <P>I'm buying a new Linux system and I'm wondering where I can find guidance on how to think about how much hard drive space I need for SAS temp files.&nbsp; I know procedures like proc sort use a lot of temp space.&nbsp; I'm trying to be cost effective in trading off hard drive size vs. hard drive speed.&nbsp; Of course I want the fastest SSD drive I can afford, subject to the constraint that I have a big enough drive.&nbsp; For example, if the biggest data sets I work with are about 20G, how big of a drive do I need for SAS to run efficiently?&nbsp; Would a 400G drive be enough to devote entirely to SAS temp space, or would I need to jump up to 1TB?&nbsp;</P> Tue, 14 May 2019 19:24:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-Much-Disk-Space/m-p/558740#M10147 coder1 2019-05-14T19:24:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-Much-Disk-Space/m-p/558757#M10153 <P>If this is a single user system, 400GB will suffice.</P> Tue, 14 May 2019 20:10:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-Much-Disk-Space/m-p/558757#M10153 LinusH 2019-05-14T20:10:37Z