Amazon redshift Flashcards
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reshift: Redshift allows
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Columnar database - this type of database returns data by columns rather than whole rows. It has better performance for aggregating large sets of data, perfect for analytical querying.
Sharding - Redshift supports data sharding, that is, partitioning the tables across different servers for better performance.
Scalability - With everything running on the cloud, Redshift clusters can be easily up/down sized as needed.
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redshift: Redshift only accepts
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flat text files, while hadoop accepts any data type