RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-10 Thread Lord, David - CS
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RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-10 Thread Mohan, Ross
Dennis, Thanks for the thoughts, the historical snapshot, and for paying attention to the question. I am on the DW list now, and will newby-ize them straight away. - Ross -Original Message- Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:16 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ross -

Re: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-08 Thread Jared Still
On Friday 07 December 2001 20:35, Robert Chin wrote: My short take on this is that a datawarehouse is a OLTP database.. What ??? I think you should keep that short take to yourself for the benefit of those who are seeking to learn/understand about DWH. It's not uncommon to find OLTP

RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-07 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
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RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-07 Thread tday6
I don't think that size has much to do with it. You can have lots of data but if it's all in a few tables then it doesn't qualify as a datawarehouse (IMHO). My short take on this is that a datawarehouse is a OLTP database with de-normalized data that supports a DSS application. -- Please see

Re: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-07 Thread Robert Chin
My short take on this is that a datawarehouse is a OLTP database.. What ??? I think you should keep that short take to yourself for the benefit of those who are seeking to learn/understand about DWH. It's not uncommon to find OLTP databases with de-normalized data, and they are certainly

Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
Informal survey: Datawarehousing. Limiting Assumption: A necessary and sufficient condition for defining something to be a datawarehouse is the amount of data to be stored. Question/Poll: Given the above ridiculous constraint, at/above what size can

RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Baker, Barbara
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RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread April Wells
to be a warehouse (at only 30 gigs). x Barb -- From: Mohan, Ross[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Datawarehouse Sizes.informal poll. Informal

Re: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Jared . Still
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RE: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
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Re: Datawarehouse Sizes.....informal poll.

2001-12-06 Thread Don Granaman
I, like many others, have a problem with the size is everything definition. I worked with a 2 TB DSS system six years ago that wasn't a real data warehouse. And I've seen a true datawarehouse fledgling that was under 200 GB (with lots of free space). However, even making the nonsense