Installing the Server Software
Install the server software on a networked server computer. The server computer must be running the appropriate version of the operating system. If possible, use a server computer configured for, and dedicated to, rapid numeric processing and data access. Additional processing power and memory enhance the server software’s performance. Detailed hardware and software requirements, including operating system requirements, appear in the installation instructions.
Installing the server technology installs software that manages access to data and performs the computations required for statistical analysis. It also installs a service (on Windows) or daemon (on UNIX) that listens for incoming end-user login requests and launches a process to handle each end user.
To install the server software, follow the instructions in the /Documentation/<language>/InstallationDocuments directory on the server ISO file.