SAS® Grid Manager Overview
GRDM : GRDMV1
This course provides a foundational understanding of SAS Grid Manager / SAS Grid Manager for Platform and is designed for anyone who needs a clear overview of how grid computing works within SAS 9 environments. You’ll explore the core concepts behind distributed processing, why organizations adopt grid technology, and how SAS Grid Manager enables scalability, workload distribution, high availability, and operational efficiency.
Learn How To
- Explain what grid computing is and how SAS Grid Manager implements it.
- Articulate the business drivers and customer benefits of using SAS Grid Manager.
- Describe the high-level architecture of a SAS grid and how work is distributed across compute resources.
- Identify the key hardware components that support grid execution.
- Understand required networking considerations, including inter-node communication and throughput.
- Explain the role and requirements of shared storage in a grid environment.
- Recognize how virtualization and cloud infrastructures support modern SAS grid deployments.
- Describe the SAS software components involved in grid operation.
- Identify the grid middleware components (Platform or SAS-provided) and their roles.
- Understand operating system considerations and support requirements for running SAS Grid Manager.
Who Should Attend
Anyone who needs a clear overview of how grid computing works within SAS 9 environments
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, learners should have a familiarity with SAS software and SAS architecture to understand the added value a grid computing approach brings to core SAS.
SAS Products Covered
SAS Grid Computing
Course Outline
Grid Overview
- What Is Grid?
- Benefits of SAS Grid Manager.
- How SAS Grid Manager works.
- Grid hardware.
- Networking.
- Shared storage.
- Virtualization and cloud.
- Grid Middleware Software components.
- Software ordering and licensing.
- Operating system support.