Hi,

Could any one tell me which schema (star and snow flake
schema) will take much space?

Thanks
S.A.K

Answer Posted / prasant tripathy

Hi

star schema takes more space then the snowflake because
star schema is denormalised schema and snowflake is
normalised

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