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 A data warehouse appliance is an integrated package of hardware and software that supports data warehousing for a company. The objective for a data warehouse appliance is one purpose, one package, one install and one service. In other words, when deploying a data warehouse appliance, the purchaser should expect to purchase the product from a single vendor, receive one shipment of an integrated pre-configured and pre-tested system, install it as a single deployment, operate it as a single system-management unit, and service it from one vendor support group. To explore this topic, this research paper focuses on the following questions: | - What is an appliance, and what is a data warehouse appliance?
- What should be expected in a data warehouse appliance and from its vendor?
- What are the key concepts to understand about the architecture of an appliance?
- How should the evaluation of a data warehouse appliance be approached?
- When considering a data warehouse appliance, what special issues should to be considered?
- What have data warehouse appliance customers experienced – the benefits and the challenges?
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