Subject Re: [firebird-support] There are risks accessing a database with two servers?
Author W O
Ok, thanks, it is more clear now.

Where I can find more information about OLAP and OLTP, some link you can
recommend me?

Greetings.

Walter.



On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Mark Rotteveel <mark@...>wrote:

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> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:37:19 -0400, W O
> <sistemas2000profesional@...>
> wrote:
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> > Hello everybody:
> >
> > After reading in this article:
> > http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq3/
> >
> > "Alternatively, you can add a second server to do long running reports
> > (OLAP) and keep Super Server for fast transactions (OLTP)."
> >
> > it seems possible and desirable to have 2 Servers, one for long running
> > reports (probably using Classic) and another for the other tasks (using
> > SuperServer)
> >
> > Is that right?
> >
> > There are not risks of corrupting the database doing so?
>
> I don't think they are talking about using two servers on the same
> database. My guess is it is talking about a two (or more) database setup:
> One is the OLTP database and the other its the OLAP / data warehouse
> database. The OLTP is used for the actual 'business' side of things, the
> OLAP for generating reports. The OLAP database is reloaded (or
> synchronized) regularly from the OLTP database, but might be slightly out
> of date.
>
> Mark
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