Title
Brighthouse: an analytic data warehouse for ad-hoc queries
Abstract
Brighthouse is a column-oriented data warehouse with an automatically tuned, ultra small overhead metadata layer called Knowledge Grid, that is used as an alternative to classical indexes. The advantages of column-oriented data storage, as well as data compression have already been well-documented, especially in the context of analytic, decision support querying. This paper demonstrates additional benefits resulting from Knowledge Grid for compressed, column-oriented databases. In particular, we explain how it assists in query optimization and execution, by minimizing the need of data reads and data decompression.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.14778/1454159.1454174
PVLDB
Keywords
Field
DocType
query optimization,data compression,decision support,data warehouse,data storage,indexation
Data warehouse,Query optimization,Metadata,Data transformation,Data mining,Information retrieval,Computer science,Decision support system,Dimensional modeling,Data compression,Grid,Database
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
1
2
2150-8097
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
63
2.76
30
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dominik Ślęzak155350.04
Jakub Wroblewski235330.77
Victoria Eastwood3904.51
Piotr Synak448145.13