Teradata Columnar compression provides two primary advantages: a decrease in permanent storage utilization and disk input/output operations. There is typically ...

Teradata Columnar Compression Methods: Run-Length, Dictionary, and Delta Compression

How Advanced Is The Teradata Columnar Solution? A Column Store is defined by three distinct properties: Improved compression compared to ...

Teradata Columnar Solution: Advantages and Disadvantages

Experienced Teradata users are familiar with the concept of a primary index. However, a new term has surfaced with the ...

Understanding Teradata’s Primary AMP Index for Improved Performance

In the past, Teradata and similar databases used a logical row format to store data. This was beneficial for the ...

Column-Oriented Storage in Teradata: A Solution for Big Data Challenges