I know this thread is a couple months old, but just wondering how my speed connecting over VPN to a SAS server that is far, far away compares to others'.
Using EG 8.2 running on my local PC, if I submit the below data step, I get EG "run time" shown in submission status between 23 and 25 seconds:
data _null_ ;
set sashelp.class ;
put _all_ ;
run ;
Of course the actual execution time on the server is instantaneous. The EG time is several seconds of "preparing the server", then "running", then "running the data step". "Collecting" is shown only very briefly. Interestingly, "running the data step" is shown for several seconds after the log has returned and shows the step completed.
23 seconds seems like a lot. Wondering how slow it is for others experiencing the covid VPN from home challenge.
Normally I work in EG on a remote terminal server next to the SAS server, so I don't have this delay. But the terminal server doesn't have EG 8.2 yet, and I wanted to play with it.
If I could do something to decrease the latency while running EG locally, down to even 5 seconds, I might switch to local EG. Because with the remote terminal server (far far away) the code runs fine and I get logs/results quick enough, but there is enough of a response delay when I type or click the mouse as to be annoying.
Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to work on a SAS server located in my hemisphere. : )
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