Informix Red Brick Warehouse 5.1 Information & Communication Lab. Park, Jeong-Eun aroa@ewha.ac.kr

Red Brick Warehouse 개요 Relational database designed specifically to meet the specialized requirements of data mart applications specialized server technology for complex queries, fast load performance, high-capacity/high-performance processing, and for efficient management of very large databases. Integral piece of Informix Decision Frontier Solution Suite

Why data marts is needed? Answers to multiple users with differing interests ( differ department ) Easy distribution of data Provide higher availability Provide easier access to data Can be used as a means to better manage business information Informix Red Brick Warehouse provide all these requirements

Lightning Fast Performance Through Table Management Table Management Utility(TMU) Informix Red Brick Warehouse’s loader Performs all the necessary tasks to guarantee the data is ready to query Data transformation and cleansing, insertion of row data, checking of referential integrity, updating of all relevant indexes and the building of aggregates

Lightning Fast Performance Through Table Management Parallel Table Management Utility(PTMU) Performs all the functions of the TMU and takes advantage of SMP parallelism to dramatically speed up loads Full referential integrity check and build all in parallel

Lightning Fast Performance Through Advanced Indexing STAR indexing -> STAR join Automatically built when table are created Maintain relationships between primary keys and foreign keys Unique feature of the Informix Red Brick Warehouse data mart Using multiple STAR indexes, multitable join processing is greatly accelerated When using multiple indexes, it occupy less disk space than other solutions

Lightning Fast Performance Through Advanced Indexing TARGET indexing -> TARGET join Bit-map indexing technology Specifically designed for queries which require very fast selection of records from a large, wide table Completely integrated in the core Informix Red Brick Warehouse database. Greatly expands the range of query complexity that can be handled while minimizing index costs.

Lightning Fast Performance Through Managing Data Aggregation The Informix Vista Aggregate Management System For aggregate computation and management Server-based aggregation tool Leverage the performance, maintenance, security optimization of the server Give maximum control and flexibility over the aggregate environment Reduce cost by analyzing where aggregates can improve warehouse performance

Performance That Can Impact Your Bottom Line Parallel on Demand Dynamic Incremental Optimization Table Segmentation Time-Cyclic Data Management Handle time-sensitive data Informix Red Brick Security Features Hierarchical role-based security, rich logging SQL-BackTrack for Informix Red Brick Warehouse Fast,easy,safe backup and recovery of databases

Integration/Scalability Integrating Informix Red Brick Warehouse into Informix’s Decision Frontier Solution Suite Provide clear migration path to a next generation Provide a growth path for the future that incorporates an integrated product set to grow into as new data warehousing needs arise

Conclusion Informix Red Brick Warehouse’s robust features are the foundation of the decision-making process Fast Processing Particularly important when large volumes of data are involved Easy to get departmental data Easy to get answers to your specific questions

References http://www.informix.com/informix/solutions/dw/redbrick/