星型架构：
星型模式是用于数据仓库的多维模型类型。在星型模式中，包含事实表和维度表。在此模式中使用较少的外键连接。此模式与事实表和维度表形成一个星形。
雪花架构：
Snowflake Schema 也是一种用于数据仓库的多维模型。在雪花模式中，包含事实表、维度表以及子维度表。该模式与事实表、维度表以及子维度表形成雪花。
让我们看看 Star 和 Snowflake Schema 的区别：
| S.NO | Star Schema | Snowflake Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | In star schema, The fact tables and the dimension tables are contained. | While in snowflake schema, The fact tables, dimension tables as well as sub dimension tables are contained. |
| 2. | Star schema is a top-down model. | While it is a bottom-up model. |
| 3. | Star schema uses more space. | While it uses less space. |
| 4. | It takes less time for the execution of queries. | While it takes more time than star schema for the execution of queries. |
| 5. | In star schema, Normalization is not used. | While in this, Both normalization and denormalization are used. |
| 6. | It’s design is very simple. | While it’s design is complex. |
| 7. | The query complexity of star schema is low. | While the query complexity of snowflake schema is higher than star schema. |
| 8. | It’s understanding is very simple. | While it’s understanding is difficult. |
| 9. | It has less number of foreign keys. | While it has more number of foreign keys. |
| 10. | It has high data redundancy. | While it has low data redundancy. |