A data warehouse will usually consist of
A) large air-conditioned buildings.
B) thousands of boxes of paper files.
C) a few fast servers and very large storage devices.
D) the same data as the company's operational data.
E) only government related information.

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A data warehouse typically consists of a few powerful servers and large storage devices to handle the vast amounts of data it stores. It is separate from the operational data of a company and is designed to support analytical processing and reporting, rather than day-to-day business operations. Large air-conditioned buildings are not necessarily required and paper files are not a common component of a data warehouse. The data stored in a data warehouse is not limited to government-related information.

A Data Warehouse Will Usually Consist of