- SAP BI Accelerator
In computing, the SAP BI Accelerator is a
computer appliance - preinstalled software on predefined hardware - which is used to speed upOLAP queries. This solution eliminates the need for aggregationsSAP BI accelerator includes indexes that are vertically inverted reproductions of allthe data included in InfoCubes (i.e., fact and dimension tables as well as masterdata). Note that there is no relational or other database management systems in BIaccelerator. There is only a file system, and indexes are essentially held as flat files.The second primary component of SAP BI accelerator is the engine that processesthe queries in memory. The software is running on an expandable rack of bladeservers. The operating system used for BI Accelerator is 64-bit Linux, so in addition tohaving no database license cost, there is also no OS license cost.fact|date=June 2007.
Hardware partners
The software is optimized for specific hardware and operating system combinations.
The list of partners which deliver the appliance is:
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/solutions/sap/doc/content/landingdtw/1605307130.html IBM BI Accelerator]
*IBM
* HP
* Fujitsu Siemens
* [http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/sap/solutions/bia.jsp Sun BI Accelerator Offering]
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