Table 191. Inherent Differences Between Aggregate Storage and Block Storage
Architecture that supports rapid aggregation, optimized to support high dimensionality and sparse data | Multiple blocks defined by dense and sparse dimensions and their members, optimized for financial applications | |
Through the Application Properties window, Tablespaces tab in Administration Services | Through the Database Properties window, Storage tab in Administration Services | |
Migrate a block storage outline or define after application creation | ||
Copy database | Not supported | Supported |
See Naming Restrictions for Applications and Databases. Names reserved for tablespaces, cannot be used as application or database names: | ||
Displayed in the Application Properties window and the Database Properties window in Administration Services. Information not supported by or relevant to aggregate storage applications is not shown. For a description of aggregate storage-specific information, see the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help for the Application Properties window and Database Properties window. | Displayed in the Application Properties window and the Database Properties window in Administration Services | |
For a list of the settings that apply to aggregate storage databases, see the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference. | For a list of the settings that do not apply to block storage databases, see the Oracle Essbase Technical Reference. |