Dear Fellow SAS Admin,
I would never use NFS for SAS datasets, neither permanent SAS libraries, or WORK/UTILLOC filesystems.
But I do have a question regarding the possibility to use NFS for some SAS deployment/installation/configuration/backup directories.
For example, our SAS platform is on a Solaris operating system, it composed of the following servers:
1. SAS Metadata Server Cluster: has three SAS Metadata Servers. All three servers:
- share SAS Metadata server backup directory;
- share SAS Metadata server installation directory;
2. SAS Compute Server Cluster (GRID): has three SAS GRID nodes. All three GRID nodes:
- share SAS GRID compute server installation directory;
- share SAS GRID compute server configuration directory;
3. SAS Mid-tier Server Cluster: has two SAS Mid-tier Servers. The two servers:
- share SAS Mid-tier installation directory;
4. All the above SAS tiers & servers, :
- share a centralized SAS Configuration Backup Vault;
- share SAS Software Depot directory;
The above shared directories or filesystems are not for SAS datasets, or WORK/UTILLOC filesystems, but for SAS deployment/installation/configuration/backup purposes.
My question is, what's your opinion to use NFS for these shared directories or filesystems? It should be fine for NFS to be used for SAS Software Depot, but how about the others ?
Thanks in advance !