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- From: mosnn@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (michael.h.schneider)
- Subject: unix box for sas/data processing
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:27:44 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.212744.21411@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: datasets, sas, unix
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- I'm looking for advice on the apropriate system to add to our
- existing sun network. We are a `sun shop' (sparcs) with perhaps
- 30 workstations and a couple of servers (690's ?). The work
- that I do is *heavily* data intensive. I routinely process,
- say, 600 meg raw datafiles extracting 50 megs and then working
- with the resulting dataset using sas. Then, for example,
- I take that 50 meg dataset and search another 600 meg file
- to find entries that `match'.
-
- Currently, I'm using a 1.6 G drive attached via the SCSI to my
- SPARC. This works well, and now other people in my group are starting
- to use similar data processing/analytical techniques on our
- sun network. So, here is the question. We need a better
- way to handle the data processing/statistical stuff, and I would
- greatly appreciate any experience/advice that others can offer.
-
- Should we buy a dedicated `box' to handle the massive data intensive
- parts of our work? And if so, should be buy a SPARC 10, or is there
- a sun-type `box' that is better for this work?
-
- Are there other solutions we should consider?
-
- Please send replies to:
-
- michael h schneider
- mschneider@att.com (I think this should work outside of att) or
- mos@hocus.att.com
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