IBM has introduced the concept of shadow tables in DB2 10.5 Fixpack 4 (also known as the “Cancun Release”) to avoid separate OLTP and OLAP databases and to improve analytic query performance in a single OLTP database without using much tu
According to a recent Gartner report, data growth is the biggest data center hardware infrastructure challenge for large enterprises. As such, reducing storage-related costs remains a top priority for these organizations.