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62.Why are OLTP database designs not generally a good idea for a Data
Warehouse?
OLTP designs are for real time data and they are not normalized and pre-
aggregated. They are not good for decision support systems.
63.What type of Indexing mechanism do we need to use for a typical data
warehouse?
Primary Index mechanism is the ideal type of index for data warehouse.
64.What is VLDB?
Very Large databases. Please find more information on it.
65.What is the difference between OLTP and OLAP?
Refer answer for question 61.
66.What is real time data warehousing?
Real-time data warehousing is a combination of two things: 1) real-time activity
and 2) data warehousing. Real-time activity is activity that is happening right now.
The activity could be anything such as the sale of widgets. Once the activity is
complete, there is data about it. Data warehousing captures business activity
data. Real-time data warehousing captures business activity data as it occurs. As
soon as the business activity is complete and there is data about it, the completed
activity data flows into the data warehouse and becomes available instantly. In
other words, real-time data warehousing is a framework for deriving information
from data as the data becomes available.
67.What is ODS?
An operational data store (ODS) is primarily a "dump" of relevant information
from a very small number of systems (often just one) usually with little or no
transformation. The benefits are an ad hoc query database, which does not affect
81.What are Semi-additive and factless facts and in which scenario will you
use such kinds of fact tables?
82.What is a three-tier data warehouse?
The three-tier differs from the two-tier architecture by strictly enforcing a logical
separation of the graphical user interface, business logic, and data. The three-tier
is widely used for data warehousing today. Organizations that require greater
performance and scalability, the three-tier architecture may be more appropriate.
In this architecture, data extracted from legacy systems is cleansed, transformed,
and stored in high –speed database servers, which are used as the target
database for front-end data access.
88.What is OLTP?
OLTP stands for Online Transaction Processing. OLTP uses normalized tables to
quickly record large amounts of transactions while making sure that these
updates of data occur in as few places as possible. Consequently OLTP database
are designed for recording the daily operations and transactions of a business.
E.g. a timecard system that supports a large production environment must record
successfully a large number of updates during critical periods like lunch hour,
breaks, startup and close of work.
89.Hierarchy of DWH?
90.What is aggregate awareness?