On Jun 15, 7:58 am, The Architect <thomas.michael.skin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While I worked for awhile for Intel at SAS on sizing and > > optimization, and they supported that activity, one must realize that > > their licensing model relies on CPU power and so they really don't > > have any vested interest in helping folks reduce ther loads other than > > to keep them satisfied from a broad performance perspective. Many of > > the organizations I have consulted with have expressed a need to > > reduce platform creep which tends to escalate all of their licensing > > costs. So its up to us to do that due dillegence. > > I should probably clarify my comments per SAS not having a vested > interest in you reducing your SAS loads... > SAS does provide excellent tools for monitoring resources through > their product ITSV (Formerly ITRM), which now includes support for > SAR. These tools are generally used for monitoring large arrays of > servers used in Banking and other Financial Services enterprises as > well as Mainframes for capacity and performance tuning. This can be > an invaluable tools in and of itself for identifying system > utilization rates and providing the data you need to manage your > resources effectively. > > It is not directly focused on SAS usage however. It is possible to > monitor SAS specific processes using SAR and some of the macros > provided by SAS will get you started on collecting such data. As far > as I know, you will have to build your own analytical processes for > linking this performance data back to actual SAS code running. I have > done this using various techniques to convert SAS logs to a format > that can be merged with SAR data. It typically involves picking up on > SAS job start times and some mathematical conversions of elapsed clock > times in order to do this. Of course, manageing the data collection > process is the most time consuming task, but can be automated to a > great extent through scripts. IF you's like to discuss further with > me on how I did this, please feel free to join me at Linkein through > my link below. I'd like to hear about your techniques as well. > > Tom Skinnerhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-m-skinner/6/a31/516

Minor correction...

ITRM (formerly ITSV).

Alan