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Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS - IBM Redbooks

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9.1 The <strong>BI</strong>A architecture<br />

Figure 9-1 <strong>BI</strong>A architecture<br />

The <strong>BI</strong>A is based on the principles of cutting a big problem into smaller pieces.<br />

To do that it uses multiple techniques:<br />

► Vertical decomposition<br />

► Horizontal partitioning<br />

► Smart compression<br />

► Massive parallel execution<br />

The architecture of <strong>BI</strong>A and its components are shown in Figure 9-1.<br />

<strong>IBM</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> Global Alliance<br />

<strong>BI</strong>A Architecture : TREX Index server and <strong>BI</strong>A Engine<br />

TREX Index server<br />

� Indexes and searches<br />

� Contains <strong>BI</strong>A engine<br />

RFC<br />

TREX<br />

Why <strong>BI</strong>A is so fast<br />

� Vertical decomposition<br />

� Horizontal partitioning<br />

� Smart compression<br />

� Massive parallel execution<br />

2 <strong>IBM</strong> Systems Solution <strong>for</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> NetWeaver <strong>BI</strong> Accelerator 4/4/2007<br />

Vertical decomposition<br />

The <strong>BI</strong>A stores the data based on columns, a process called vertical<br />

decomposition. This increases the query’s per<strong>for</strong>mance, minimizing the data<br />

196 <strong>Best</strong> <strong>Practices</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>SAP</strong> <strong>BI</strong> <strong>using</strong> <strong>DB2</strong> 9 <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong><br />

<strong>BI</strong>A Engine<br />

� Indexes <strong>BI</strong> InfoCubes<br />

� Materializes joins<br />

� Aggregation “on the fly”<br />

Index server<br />

<strong>BI</strong>A<br />

Engine<br />

Indexes<br />

© 2007 <strong>IBM</strong> Corporation

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