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Rahul_SAS
Quartz | Level 8

Hi Experts,

 

Could you please differentiate between LASR Vs CAS Vs Micro Analytics Services.

 

Thanks

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SASKiwi
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LASR is the in-memory SAS data library technology delivered in SAS 9.x

 

CAS is the in-memory SAS data library technology delivered in SAS Viya. CAS is essentially a more advanced and powerful version of LASR.   

AnandVyas
Ammonite | Level 13

LASR is in-memory engine used by SAS Visual analytics on 9.4 platform.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=inmsref&docsetTarget=n0a090rw1gy20un1xvhhbe7deb1i.htm&docset...

 

CAS is the engine for Viya. It is used to process all analytic workloads on Viya platform.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=pgmdiff&docsetTarget=n1t409khqsu0n8n103122kk0bfzn.htm&docset...

 

MAS is used with solutions that publish python or DS2 code. It is available only with selected SAS solutions.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=masag&docsetTarget=p1dhh0p6zuvf9cn1bxhcstz51ddq.htm&docsetVe...

 

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