RE: MetaCube comments?

Posted in 1998

Pratt, Fred — Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:28:34 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Assuming our dw design and strategy is sound (I know that this is 95 percent of the effort), does metacube work as advertised and documented? Or is it another online 6, a product not quite ready for actual use? > -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Wheeler [SMTP:billy@west.co.za] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 12:01 AM > To: Pratt, Fred; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: MetaCube comments? > > On 24 Feb 98 at 17:37, Pratt, Fred wrote: > > > We are on the verge of installing MetaCube 4.0 for a pilot > > data-warehouse application. We have seen the demos, read the white > > papers, and marveled at the glossy brochures. Before we ask our > > boss to sign the PO, we thought we would.....FIND OUT IF IT WORKS! > > Any comments from the trenches? TIA > > Yeah, it's not bad. Oh, hang on, we're using 3.x. Still, 4.x should > be an improvement, shouldn't it? :-) > > We've had good results with MetaCube on our DW project. However, the > tools (and engine) are *not* going to be your biggest problem.... > > -- > > /Ciao, > \\Billy > / > \\Group Managing Director, The West Solutions Group: > http://www.west.co.za > / Chairman, South African Informix User Group: > http://www.west.co.za/~saiug > \\ Informix FAQ @ > http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html > / Drivel @ > http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/ > \\_____________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________