topic license mechanism in SAS Programming

license mechanism

Uli — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:50:34 GMT

Hi,

Can you please tell me the license mechanism in SAS.

Ex: We have one Unix server where 400 users running SAS on this server.
In this case what is the license machanism, how many licenses required in this case. ( Only Base SAS) .

Thanks In Advance

Best Regards
Uli

Re: license mechanism

Patrick — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:12:22 GMT

That's a question which the person "owning" SAS in your company has to ask the account manager from SAS looking after your company.

The kind of license you need will depend on several factors.

Re: license mechanism

Doc_Duke — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:45:34 GMT

I agree with Patrick for a definitive response.

Generally the SAS license for Unix is a function of the number of CPUs (effectively, the "size" of the server), not the number of users. On the margin, a 4 CPU server costs twice a 2 CPU server. There may be a different charge for the first CPU or some other minimum charge approach (Support is not a linear function of the number of users, or CPUs.).