1. Informix Red Brick Warehouse 5.1
Information & Communication Lab.
Park, Jeong-Eun

2. 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

3. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. References