Thursday, November 9, 2017

Star Schema & Snowflakes Schema

qStar Schema
vThere will be a centrally located fact table which is surrounded by one or many dimension table. This  design looks like a star so its called as Star Schema
vDimensions in Star Schema are De-normalized

vBenefit of star schema is Query performance will be very high as there will not be joins and only disadvantage is it requires more disk space

qSnowflakes Schema
vThere will be a centrally located fact table which is surrounded by one or many dimension table and dimension table splitted into more than one table
vDimensions in Snowflakes Schema are Normalized(more joins)
vBenefit of snowflakes schema is overcome disk space issues 


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