Microsoft KB Archive/322399

= INF: Comparative Evaluation (White Paper) =

Article ID: 322399

Article Last Modified on 6/30/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services
 * Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services

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This article was previously published under Q322399



SUMMARY
To see a white paper that compares the features that Microsoft OLAP Services and Oracle Express offer for an OLAP system that is based on a relational data warehouse, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Comparative Evaluation

Because each product offers a number of features, Microsoft limited the scope of comparison and created a case study to implement in both products to perform concrete comparisons of how each product addressed a particular task.

Included in this document:
 * Introduction
 * Design Overview
 * Dimensions
 * Variables and Cubes
 * Physical Partitioning
 * Bulk Loading and Aggregation
 * Additional Calculations
 * Queries
 * Description of Hardware and Software Used

Additional query words: OLAP whitepaper KBwhitepaper

Keywords: kbinfo kbwhitepaper KB322399

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