When creating analytical sandboxes for business users, keep the following design principle in mind to help ensure you  provide the right environment for your enterprise:

Solutions must be cost- and resource-effective – All enterprises need to operate within budgetary and resource constraints, whatever that means for their size and industry. The solution should be to be right-sized to meet the enterprise’s data and analytical needs along with the resources and skills that will sustain the solution.

To read four more suggestions for analytical sandbox architecture plus detailed architecture options and advice, see the white paper Analytics Best Practices: The Analytical Sandbox.