<s>
The	O
IBM	O
Data	O
Warehousing	O
Balanced	B-Device
Configuration	I-Device
Unit	I-Device
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
data	O
warehousing	O
servers	B-Application
from	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
introduced	O
the	O
Balanced	B-Device
Configuration	I-Device
Unit	I-Device
(	O
BCU	O
)	O
for	O
AIX	B-Application
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
BCU	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BCU	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
balanced	O
"	O
combination	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
server	I-Application
hardware	O
(	O
cpus	O
,	O
I/O	B-Device
channels	I-Device
,	O
and	O
storage	O
)	O
combined	O
with	O
DB2	B-Application
Data	O
Warehouse	O
Edition	O
(	O
DB2	B-Application
DWE	I-Application
)	O
software	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
data	O
warehouse	O
"	O
appliance	O
like	O
"	O
system	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Greenplum	O
,	O
DATAllegro	O
,	O
Netezza	O
Performance	O
Server	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Teradata	O
.	O
</s>
