topic Laptop configuration and specs for SAS Viya usage in Administration and Deployment

Laptop configuration and specs for SAS Viya usage

acordes — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 19:14:15 GMT

It's a strange question, I'm aware of it.
But I'm thinking about a sound buying decision for a laptop if my primary use will be SAS Viya. The computational power is released at the SAS Viya sever and not by the laptop.
What specs should I appreciate then?

Re: Laptop configuration and specs for SAS Viya usage

SASKiwi — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 04:01:26 GMT

Actually your question may not be so strange after all. There is a standalone version of Viya that runs entirely on your PC called SAS Analytics Pro

However I guess you are referring to the server-based version of Viya where all of the client components run in a web browser. You can find what you need under client requirements.

Re: Laptop configuration and specs for SAS Viya usage

Reeza — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 04:14:34 GMT

@acordes wrote:
It's a strange question, I'm aware of it.
But I'm thinking about a sound buying decision for a laptop if my primary use will be SAS Viya. The computational power is released at the SAS Viya sever and not by the laptop.
What specs should I appreciate then?

Correct, so network speed is usually the biggest factor issue.

If you're a power data user, Excel usually comes into play a lot as well, so because of that it may be better to focus on the best specs for Excel?