Reengineering the Data Warehouse
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
—Edsger W. Dijkstra
Introduction
In Chapter 6 we discussed the different generations of data warehousing, the challenges of the data warehouse, and some modern thoughts on evolving the data warehouse. Earlier chapters have provided us with an in-depth look at Big Data, and its challenges, problems, and solutions. The big questions that stare at us at this juncture are: What will the data warehouse evolve to in the new architecture landscape? Is there even room for a data warehouse? Is there a future for the current investment? This chapter provides us an introduction to reengineering the data warehouse or modernizing the data warehouse. This is the foundational ...
Get Data Warehousing in the Age of Big Data now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
