In reply to Linus Hjorth.

Linus,

I'm glad you've brought up SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.2 and its ability to store SPDS data files directly in HDFS. When I first wrote this post a while back, SPDS 5.2 had not been released yet. And since the SPDE component of Base SAS already did support storing its data files in HDFS, I didn't want to confuse matters by mentioning SPDS, too. As you know, SPDE and SPDS are two similar storage technologies but with different licensing and technical requirements.

More information about What's New in SPDS 5.2, including the new Hadoop functionality, can be found in the SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server 5.2: Administrator's Guide.