SAP BW Accelerator includes indexes that are vertically inverted reproductions of all the data included in InfoCubes (i.e., fact and dimension tables as well as master data).
[2] Note that there is no relational or other database management systems in BW Accelerator.
The operating system used for BW Accelerator is 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).
The software is optimized for specific hardware and operating system combinations.
The list of partners which deliver the appliance is: This computing article is a stub.