ABSTRACT
Scalability and Performance The vendors who create Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) platforms for Data Warehousing continue to extend the possible data volumes, without a loss in query performance, in every budget range. Companies that can afford to invest multiple millions of dollars in RDBMS hardware will always be able to scale their data warehouse. But, for enterprises with lesser budgets, the ability to scale their data warehouse is more feasible every year. As scalability and performance improve annually, the feasibility of building and expanding a data warehouse in small-to mid-size companies continues to grow. As this trend continues, the information and knowledge available via Data Warehousing will become available to those same small-to mid-size companies.
