This document provides an introduction to Teradata® covering the following broad topics:
- The data warehouse and active Teradata
- The relational model and Teradata Database architecture
- Teradata Database hardware and software architecture
- Teradata Database RASUI (reliability, availability, serviceability, usability, and installability)
- Communication between the client and Teradata Database
- Data definitions and data manipulation using SQL
- SQL application development
- Data distribution and data access methods
- Concurrent control and transaction recovery
- The Data Dictionary
- International character support
- Query and database analysis tools
- Database security and system administration
- Managing and monitoring Teradata Database