Hi,

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

Thanks
S.A.K

Answer Posted / pratap gangula

In Star schema the dimensions can have attributes that may have low cardinality which when separated out in other table will decrease the storage space.

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