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Distributed Data Warehousing Using Web Technology

by R.A. Moeller

ISBN: 0814405886

AMACOM© 2001, 384 pagesTurn to this book to learn to manage mountains of datathrough distributed data warehousing techniques.

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In this age of the Internet, corporations are turning increasingly to the power of the web to manage their vast stores of information. And rightly so, as the web gives users access anytime and anyplace. Butmanaging the new data warehouse requires an understanding of new techniques. This book covers them allfrom creation to organization to management, and then down to tips on analysis and synthesis. Datawarehousing is of vital importance to today's business strategies, and this book sets any corporation on theright track.

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Distributed Data Warehousing Using Web Technology

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How to Build a More Cost-Effective and Flexible Warehouse

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Dedication

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Preface

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Acknowledgments

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Chapter 1: Introduction

................................................................................................................- 8 -Overview.....................................................................................................................................- 9 -A Brief History of Data Warehousing........................................................................................- 9 -What Is a Data Warehouse?......................................................................................................- 11 -Pressure to Distribute Data.......................................................................................................- 12 -Data Mart Issues........................................................................................................................- 17 -The Web and Other Emerging Technologies............................................................................- 20 -In Brief......................................................................................................................................- 23 -

Chapter 2: Data Warehouse Architecture

..............................................................................- 23 -Overview...................................................................................................................................- 23 -Role of a Data Warehouse........................................................................................................- 25 -Data Warehouse Definition.......................................................................................................- 25 -

Enterprise Data Model

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Metadata

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Data Integration/Upload

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Warehouse (Database)

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OLAP

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Management

.......................................................................................................................- 31 -Traditional Data Warehouse Architecture................................................................................- 31 -

Another Approach

..............................................................................................................- 35 -Challenges of a Centralized Data Warehouse...........................................................................- 37 -

Data Model/Metadata

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Parochialism

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Implementation Challenges

..............................................................................................- 38 -Distributed Data Warehouse Architecture................................................................................- 40 -Challenges of a Distributed Data Warehouse...........................................................................- 46 -

Distributed Database Management Tool/System

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Data Model/Metadata

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Data/User Interface

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Maintenance

........................................................................................................................- 47 -What to Choose.........................................................................................................................- 48 -

Chapter 3: Data Placement in Distributed Warehouses—Distribution and Transformation

...-48 -Overview...................................................................................................................................- 48 -The Data Placement Problem....................................................................................................- 49 -A Practical Approach to the Placement Problem......................................................................- 52 -

Maximizing User Access

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Minimizing Load Times

......................................................................................................- 55 -Integration of Diverse Database Systems.................................................................................- 57 -

Abstractions

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Transformations

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Mapping

...............................................................................................................................- 58 -The Global Data Model.............................................................................................................- 59 -

Methodologies

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Chapter 4: Concurrency Control in Distributed Warehouses

..............................................- 64 -Overview...................................................................................................................................- 64 -Transactions..............................................................................................................................- 65 -Interference between Concurrent Transactions.........................................................................- 68 -Schedules and Serialization......................................................................................................- 70 -Concurrency Control Techniques.............................................................................................- 73 -

Locking Protocols

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Timestamping

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Optimistic Methods

.............................................................................................................- 79 -Special Case Concurrency Control...........................................................................................- 80 -Data Warehousing and Concurrency Control...........................................................................- 83 -

Chapter 5: The Web and the Data Warehouse

.....................................................................- 84 -Overview...................................................................................................................................- 85 -Emerging Trends.......................................................................................................................- 86 -Intranet Basics...........................................................................................................................- 89 -The Advantages of Intranets and Data Warehousing................................................................- 92 -The Challenges of Intranets and Data Warehousing.................................................................- 93 -

Analytic Layer

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File Management Layer

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Security Layer

.....................................................................................................................- 95 -Common Gateway Interfaces....................................................................................................- 95 -The Future of Web-Enabled Data Warehousing.......................................................................- 97 -

Chapter 6: Data Marts

...............................................................................................................- 98 -Overview...................................................................................................................................- 98 -Data Mart Solutions..................................................................................................................- 99 -What Is a Data Mart?..............................................................................................................- 100 -

Dependent Data Marts

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Multidimensional Data Marts

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ROLAP Data Marts

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Independent Data Marts

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