All, I have a question regarding the /SASHome binaries and config directories in a Grid deployment on UNIX servers with SAS 9.4. My question/discussion is around the set up of /SASHome directories and how software stack is installed and configured with Grid, consider the following example: The deployment contains X8 Grid Nodes on the compute tier, X4 nodes are dedicated to SASGroup2 that can run SAS Foundation solutions, EXCLUDING analytical products like SAS/OR, SAS/STAT, etc. The SAS deployment contains X2 SAS Server Context based on user usage, i.e. SASGroup1 and SASGroup2. SASGroup1 can run all SAS solutions and analytical products, INCLUDING SAS/OR, SAS/STAT, etc. SASGroup2 can only run SAS Foundation solutions, EXCLUDING analytical products like SAS/OR, SAS/STAT, etc. My questions / discussion points are: How can we ensure that users in SASGroup2 will not be able to run jobs which includes SAS/OR, SAS/STAT, etc? If a site is licensed to only run analytics products like SAS/OR, SAS/STAT, etc. on the X4 nodes (SASGroup1), will SAS be able to provide a plan for this type of setup? Lastly, based on the case study above, what would be your deployment plan to achieve the best result? [This about the /SASHome binaries and Config directories befor answering this question] NOTE: This is not a technical question for SAS Support, I am just interested to see what other SAS folks think about such a setup?
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