One other thing. We are using Terminal Services Client for terminal emulation. I really like this product because it gives an exact screen shot of the server. Its like having a second desktop session on my PC. I like it much better than Reflections.

richardwgraham@earthlink.net (Richard Graham) wrote in message news:<31065680.1065622164084.JavaMail.root@scooter.psp.pas.earthlink.net>... > John, > > I've got some old technology but it does a reasonable job. The server we're running at FAA is a 4 year old Gateway with twin 600MHz processors with 1GB ram, running WINNT. The files I'm dealing with are on the order of 7 - 9 GB with indexes of 2-3 GB. Depending on what needs to be done, I can run through any given file, say a rudimentary proc means in about 15-20 minutes. > > I also have a DELL (2002 technology) twin 2GHz WIN2K box at home with 784MB ram; this box'll do the same thing in about 5 minutes. > > Richard Graham > Vice President > Glencairn Consulting Group, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JohnD <john.dallas@ACCENTURE.COM> > Sent: Oct 8, 2003 6:26 AM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU > Subject: How to Spec a SAS Server > > We are currently preparing a SAS environment to analyze around 1.5 - 2 > GBs of data. What is a good server spec to deal with this kind of > data. We will run this on a Windows environment, and want the data > analysis to take place reasonably quickly. Any rough ideas on how to > spec out a server? > > Thanks.