In the appliance integration of a big data platform with DWH functionality the appliance acts like a black box in which all functionality is integrated in a (proprietary) solution. This solution is configured for optimal performance of transformation and analysis.

Characteristics

• Appliance is developed, configured and often maintained by an external supplier


• It is introduced as a fully integrated solution therefore existing implementations of the DWH have to migrate to this solution


• Appliances are often introduced when a cloud solution is selected for the data platform

Description of the data sources in general. Is an aggregation of specific data source types. This generic datasource is added to the model to make associations possible with generic requirements and principles

This is the logical application of a data warehouse not the component. It describes the functionality of storing, modeling updating and retrieving enterprise data based on relational data including the history of the data

Logical application composite for implementation of Big Data functionalities

Consumer of data, in most situation the consumer gets access to processed data (cleaning, filtering, transforming) based on a standardized model

Appliance configuration where the EDWH and Big Data functionality is tightly integrated and accessible via various API functions