
8 IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes
A simple way to start thinking about memory that is required for your application is to apply
the 10:1 ratio from a data warehouse footprint to a data warehouse summary table footprint,
and then applying the same ratio to in-memory aggregate memory size. For example, a 100
GB warehouse translates to 10 GB of in-database summary tables, and 1 GB of in-memory
aggregates. This information translates to approximately 4 GB for your Java virtual machine
(JVM) heap to support this application. Although this is a good starting point, your specific
application might have different requirements.
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