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Modern OLAP Database System Design with FDAP (Andrew Lamb)

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Optimizing Data Storage with Columnar Formats

This chapter explores the benefits of columnar formats in OLAP database systems, highlighting improvements in data storage, retrieval, and processing efficiency. It also discusses the roles of Apache Arrow and Parquet, along with the complexities of data communication between incompatible platforms.

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