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Which modeling techniques are commonly used to design data warehouses?
Which modeling techniques are commonly used to design data warehouses?
- Object-oriented modeling
- Star-schema modeling (correct)
- Network modeling
- Hierarchical modeling
What technology executes ACID transactions in data warehouses?
What technology executes ACID transactions in data warehouses?
- Relational database technology (correct)
- NoSQL database technology
- Big data technology
- Blockchain technology
Which question of the data maturity curve do data warehouses primarily address?
Which question of the data maturity curve do data warehouses primarily address?
- "Why did it happen?"
- "What happened?" (correct)
- "How can we prevent it from happening again?"
- "What will happen in the future?"
What term describes data that arrives with higher volumes, velocity, variety, and veracity?
What term describes data that arrives with higher volumes, velocity, variety, and veracity?
What is the projected global data creation volume in the next two years according to Statista?
What is the projected global data creation volume in the next two years according to Statista?
In modern business, why is velocity of data important?
In modern business, why is velocity of data important?
What type of data in a data warehouse is stored in its original format without any processing?
What type of data in a data warehouse is stored in its original format without any processing?
Which type of architecture forces organizations to scale their infrastructure vertically and often leads to overdimensioned infrastructure?
Which type of architecture forces organizations to scale their infrastructure vertically and often leads to overdimensioned infrastructure?
What is the main purpose of summary data in a data warehouse?
What is the main purpose of summary data in a data warehouse?
Which group of consumers interacts directly with the data stored in the warehouse?
Which group of consumers interacts directly with the data stored in the warehouse?
What enables data analysts to describe, classify, and easily locate the data stored in a data warehouse?
What enables data analysts to describe, classify, and easily locate the data stored in a data warehouse?
What type of information is automatically updated as new data is loaded into a data warehouse?
What type of information is automatically updated as new data is loaded into a data warehouse?
What does durability guarantee in a database system?
What does durability guarantee in a database system?
What problem arose due to enterprise applications storing data in proprietary formats?
What problem arose due to enterprise applications storing data in proprietary formats?
In the context of data architectures, what was the consequence of the lack of a comprehensive view across an organization?
In the context of data architectures, what was the consequence of the lack of a comprehensive view across an organization?
What technology was effectively used by enterprise applications in the 1990s for storing and maintaining massive amounts of data?
What technology was effectively used by enterprise applications in the 1990s for storing and maintaining massive amounts of data?
What led to the development of an enterprise view across different data silos within organizations?
What led to the development of an enterprise view across different data silos within organizations?
What issue did the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s lead to for database systems?
What issue did the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s lead to for database systems?
What is the main reason for not wanting duplicate records in a data warehouse?
What is the main reason for not wanting duplicate records in a data warehouse?
Why is it important to combine data from multiple sources in a data warehouse?
Why is it important to combine data from multiple sources in a data warehouse?
What does the schema in a data warehouse define?
What does the schema in a data warehouse define?
Why is it important to have standardized representations for columns like date and time in a data warehouse?
Why is it important to have standardized representations for columns like date and time in a data warehouse?
What is one way organizations maintain data quality in a data warehouse?
What is one way organizations maintain data quality in a data warehouse?
In a data warehouse, what role do ETL tools play in relation to temporal columns like date and time?
In a data warehouse, what role do ETL tools play in relation to temporal columns like date and time?
Why does the lack of schema enforcement in data lakes sometimes lead to data quality issues?
Why does the lack of schema enforcement in data lakes sometimes lead to data quality issues?
What problem arises when data files in a data lake can only be appended to?
What problem arises when data files in a data lake can only be appended to?
How does the 'schema on read' strategy impact the standardization of column representations?
How does the 'schema on read' strategy impact the standardization of column representations?
What is a direct consequence of not managing the 'small file problem' well in a data lake?
What is a direct consequence of not managing the 'small file problem' well in a data lake?
Why do data lake administrators need to perform repeated operations to consolidate smaller files into larger ones?
Why do data lake administrators need to perform repeated operations to consolidate smaller files into larger ones?
In the context of data integration from multiple sources, what challenge arises from the lack of transactional guarantees in data lakes?
In the context of data integration from multiple sources, what challenge arises from the lack of transactional guarantees in data lakes?
What is the primary purpose of implementing quality checks on data in a data warehouse?
What is the primary purpose of implementing quality checks on data in a data warehouse?
Why is the introduction of schema crucial to a data warehouse?
Why is the introduction of schema crucial to a data warehouse?
What is a significant benefit of standardizing column representations in a data warehouse?
What is a significant benefit of standardizing column representations in a data warehouse?
In the context of data warehousing, what role does data integration from multiple sources play?
In the context of data warehousing, what role does data integration from multiple sources play?
Why are quality checks crucial after integrating data from multiple sources into a data warehouse?
Why are quality checks crucial after integrating data from multiple sources into a data warehouse?
What is a key challenge associated with the elimination of duplicate records in a data warehouse?
What is a key challenge associated with the elimination of duplicate records in a data warehouse?
What is the purpose of the staging area in a data warehouse?
What is the purpose of the staging area in a data warehouse?
What is the final step in the ETL process of a data warehouse?
What is the final step in the ETL process of a data warehouse?
Which task is NOT typically performed by ETL tools in a data warehouse?
Which task is NOT typically performed by ETL tools in a data warehouse?
Which phase of the ETL process focuses on ensuring data quality by removing duplicate records?
Which phase of the ETL process focuses on ensuring data quality by removing duplicate records?
Why is standardizing column representations important in a data warehouse?
Why is standardizing column representations important in a data warehouse?
Why do traditional data warehouse architectures struggle to facilitate exponentially increasing data volumes?
Why do traditional data warehouse architectures struggle to facilitate exponentially increasing data volumes?
What is a major limitation of data warehouses when it comes to addressing the velocity of big data?
What is a major limitation of data warehouses when it comes to addressing the velocity of big data?
How does the introduction of schema benefit a data warehouse?
How does the introduction of schema benefit a data warehouse?
What is a significant aspect that traditional data warehouse architectures lack in terms of managing the trustworthiness of data?
What is a significant aspect that traditional data warehouse architectures lack in terms of managing the trustworthiness of data?
How do traditional data warehouses limit their support for the elimination of duplicate records?
How do traditional data warehouses limit their support for the elimination of duplicate records?
Why are traditional data warehouses not well-suited for storing and querying semi-structured or unstructured data?
Why are traditional data warehouses not well-suited for storing and querying semi-structured or unstructured data?
These different source systems each might have their own data format. Therefore, the data warehouse contains a _____ area where the data from the different sources
can be combined into one common format.
These different source systems each might have their own data format. Therefore, the data warehouse contains a _____ area where the data from the different sources can be combined into one common format.
Why do traditional data warehouse architectures struggle with standardizing column representations?
Why do traditional data warehouse architectures struggle with standardizing column representations?
Study Notes
Data Warehouses
- A data warehouse is a centralized repository that stores data in a single location, making it easier to report and analyze data.
- Data warehouses contain three types of data: • Metadata: context information about the data, stored in a data catalog. • Raw data: maintained in its original format, allowing for reprocessing in case of load failures. • Summary data: automatically created by the underlying data management system, containing aggregations across several conformed dimensions, and used to accelerate query performance.
- Data warehouses are designed for business intelligence and reporting, addressing the "What happened?" question of the data maturity curve.
- Data warehouses are suited for situations that require: • Standard star-schema modeling techniques • Fact tables and dimensions • Prebuilt template models for various subject areas
- Data warehouses are ideally suited for situations that require business intelligence and reporting, and can generate actionable insights for marketing, finance, operations, and sales.
Monolithic Architecture and Big Data
- Monolithic architecture forces organizations to scale their infrastructure vertically, resulting in expensive and often overdimensioned infrastructure.
- Big data is characterized by the four Vs: Volume, Velocity, Variety, and Veracity.
- The volume of data created, captured, copied, and consumed globally is increasing rapidly, with global data creation projected to grow to more than 200 zettabytes in the next two years.
- The velocity of data refers to the speed at which data is generated and processed, with timely decisions being critical in today's modern business climate.
Data Lakes
- Data lakes allow for the ingestion of data in any format without schema enforcement, but can result in data quality issues and the creation of a "data swamp."
- Data lakes do not offer any kind of transactional guarantees, and data files can only be appended to, leading to expensive rewrites of previously written data to make a simple update.
- Data lake administrators need to run repeated operations to consolidate smaller files into larger files optimized for efficient read operations.
Data Lakehouses
- A data lakehouse combines the strengths of data warehouses and data lakes, addressing the weaknesses of both technologies.
- The concept of the data lakehouse was introduced in 2021 by Armbrust, Ghodsi, Xin, and Zaharia.
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