Date:         Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:50:31 GMT
Reply-To:     sashole@mediaone.net
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Paul Dorfman <paul_dorfman@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Metrics on SAS RAM usage
Comments: To: npaszty@ORGANIC.COM
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Nick,

Add up the number of bytes taken up by the variables you are creating and
multiply that by 2 for a good measure. If you have V8, multiply by 2 once
again. In reality, you have nothing to worry about, because in most cases,
you will end up with a fraction of the memory SAS uses at idle. Unless, of
course, you have 32767 variables, each 32767 bytes long, in which case you
will need a cool 1 GB of RAM to run the thingie.

Kind regards,
===================
Paul M. Dorfman
Jacksonville, Fl
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>From: Nick Paszty <npaszty@ORGANIC.COM>
>Reply-To: Nick Paszty <npaszty@ORGANIC.COM>
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Metrics on SAS RAM usage
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:06:10 -0700
>
>Does anyone know how much RAM SAS uses to read 1 MB of data.  Using data
>step to read a flat file.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nick

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