'As data warehouses grow, and as moretypes of enterprise users need the data stored within them to make business-critical decisions, these large databases must cost-effectively scale to meetemerging needs. SGI has seen this mix of IT requirements evolving over time,spending decades developing systems that are optimized for large-scaledecision support environments. SGI's Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution drawson that history in a way that speaks to the needs of enterprises maintainingcomplex, data-intensive Oracle warehouses, while giving them the headroom toscale up as their needs change.'

By aggregating and organizing data from multiple sources, data warehouseshelp managers achieve an integrated view of critical business information.But, this in turn, creates increasingly large data repositories that canoverwhelm the rigid architectures of competing data warehouses whosescalability limits lead to degraded performance that hinder timely decision-making.

'Enterprises are steadily increasing the workloads and content of theirdata warehouses, and this results in large increases in complexity,' saidRichard Winter, president of WinterCorp, a leading independent consulting firmspecializing in large scale data management. 'The SGI Adaptive Data WarehouseSolution has the bandwidth to excel in these intense environments. This is asolution that thrives in the chaos of today's data center.'

Other platforms often require expensive 'forklift' upgrades, but the SGIAdaptive Data Warehouse Solution makes it easy and affordable to scale a datawarehouse.

Integrating SGI Altix, InfiniteStorage and Oracle Real ApplicationClusters

The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution combines acclaimed SGI(R)Altix(R) servers and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage hardware and software withOracle(R) Real Application Clusters. Energy-efficient SGI Altix servers,powered by Intel(R) processors, deliver uncompromised performance and theflexibility to execute thousands of commercial off-the-shelf applications. Byusing industry-standard components, SGI helps protect technology investments,reduce costs and simplify integration.

'The ability to make informed decisions quickly can literally determinethe success or failure of a company, but that ability is often hindered by thegrowth and complexity faced by many of today's enterprises,' said Ken Won,director of enterprise data management, SGI. 'That's why SGI collaborated withOracle on a solution that addresses the escalating needs of customers withcomplex decision support environments -- a solution that helps keep thoseenterprises agile and successful.'

The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution is available in multiple entrypoints and growth paths to accommodate a wide range of expansion andarchitecture strategies.

    -- Mid-Range Data Warehouse: This option utilizes SGI(R) Altix(R) XE250       servers, SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 220 systems, and an InfiniBand node       interconnect switch to support scalability to 20TB of user data.