Sas 91 3 Portable 64 Bit High Quality

The transition to a 64-bit environment allowed SAS 9.1.3 to leverage significantly larger amounts of RAM, a critical requirement for high-quality, high-speed data analysis. Key technical features included: Enhanced Memory Addressing

| Feature | SAS 9.1.3 Portable (32-bit) | SAS 9.1.3 Portable (64-bit, High Quality) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Max rows imported (PROC IMPORT) | ~4.2 million (out of memory) | 50 million (complete) | | Time to run PROC MEANS | 14 minutes (crashed often) | 3 minutes 20 seconds | | Sort time (10 million obs) | N/A (crashed) | 87 seconds | | Memory usage | 3.2 GB (capped) | 11.8 GB (full utilization) | sas 91 3 portable 64 bit high quality