Revision as of 16:23, 6 March 2007 edit 66.92.69.65 (talk) That high-end/low-end distinction was bogus, and accordingly unreferenceable. ← Previous edit		Revision as of 16:24, 6 March 2007 edit undo 66.92.69.65 (talk) And that was simply false. For example, DATAllegro is based on Ingres. Next edit →
Line 1: The '''IBM Data Warehousing Balanced Configuration Unit''' is a family of [[data warehousing]] [[servers]] from [[IBM]]. [[IBM]] introduced the Balanced Configuration Unit (BCU) for [[AIX operating system\|AIX]] in 2005, and the BCU for [[Linux]] in 2006. The BCU is a "balanced" combination of computer [[server]] hardware (cpus, [[I/O channels]], and storage) combined with DB2 Data Warehouse Edition (DB2 DWE) software to form a [[data warehouse]] "appliance like" system to compete with systems such as [[Netezza]] (Netezza Performance Server), DATAllegro, and [[Teradata]]. [[Oracle RAC \| Oracle 10G RAC]] is sometimes confused with but is not an "appliance" since Oracle does not specify or certify suitable hardware for running 10G. The primary difference between IBM's BCU and other [[data warehouse]] appliances is that IBM used their top-of-the-line edition of the [[IBM DB2\|DB2]] for Linux/Unix data server line; DB2 DWE, rather than a single-purpose [[database]] designed solely for [[decision support]]. See also [http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20433.wss IBM Linux Solution Optimizes Enterprise Data Warehousing].

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