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AWS Redshift

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Summary

Amazon Redshift is a managed data warehouse service for analyzing huge amounts of data quickly. Redshift stores the data in columns so that the analytic query only reads the column needed, not the entire row. Data can be loaded from S3 and explored using standard SQL, making it a top choice for reporting and business intelligence.

Key points

Data warehouse managed for large-scale analytics (OLAP)
Column storage speeds up analytical queries
Data is loaded from S3 or external source with the COPY command
Explored using standard SQL for reporting

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