Data warehouse sql server 2008

An Introduction to New Data Warehouse Scalability Features in SQL Server 2008
SQL Server Technical Article

Writers: Eric N. Hanson, Kevin Farlee, Stefano Stefani, Shu Scott, Gopal Ashok, Torsten Grabs, Sara Tahir, Joachim Hammer, Sunil Agarwal, T.K. Anand, Richard Tkachuk, Catherine Chang, and Edward Melomed, Microsoft Corp. Technical Reviewer: Published: Applies To: Eric N. Hanson, Microsoft Corp. December 2007 SQL Server 2008

Summary: With the 2008 release, SQL Server makes a major advance in scalability for data warehousing. It meets the data warehouse needs of the largest enterprises more easily than ever. SQL Server 2008 provides a range of integrated products that enable you to build your data warehouse, and query and analyze its data. These include the SQL Server relational database system, Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services. This paper introduces the new performance and manageability features for data warehousing across all these components. All these features contribute to improved scalability.

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