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nrk1787db1
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

 

When I use PROC COPY with INDEX=YES, MEMTYPE=ALL & CONSTRAINTS=YES options I'm getting below INFO message in SAS Log

 

INFO: Engine's block-read  method cannot be used because:

INFO:   -  The file is compressed

 

I read somewhere that using block-read increases the performance, as I need to use copy on many libraries/datasets I have a question.

 

Is there any way where we can force SAS to use block-read even when file is compressed? 

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
The message is so clear so I can't see why to question it.
What you can do is explore the effectivity of your compression. That would be dependent of your i/o througput, CPU and data profile. Even looking at your data model could reduce the need for compression.
Is this PROC COPY an important bottleneck in your system?
A dirty work around would be to use OS copy of the SAS files. Works for Base engine and non Metadata bound libraries.
Data never sleeps

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
The message is so clear so I can't see why to question it.
What you can do is explore the effectivity of your compression. That would be dependent of your i/o througput, CPU and data profile. Even looking at your data model could reduce the need for compression.
Is this PROC COPY an important bottleneck in your system?
A dirty work around would be to use OS copy of the SAS files. Works for Base engine and non Metadata bound libraries.
Data never sleeps

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