Finding Skewed Tables by Querying the TableSizeV View - Teradata Database

Teradata Database Administration
Product
Teradata Database
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-06
Product Category
Software

In this example, the SELECT request looks for poorly distributed tables by displaying the average, minimum, and maximum of the CurrentPerm figures allocated on each AMP to every table in the USER database. Each table is reported separately, ordered by name.

SELECT
  TableName (FORMAT 'X(20)'),
  MIN(CurrentPerm) AS "AMP Minimum",
  AVG(CurrentPerm) AS "AMP Average",
  MAX(CurrentPerm) AS "AMP Maximum"
FROM DBC.TableSizeV
WHERE DatabaseName = 'USER'
GROUP BY TableName
ORDER BY TableName;
 

The result displays two tables. Notice the results show that:

  • The table Employee_upi_onempid is evenly distributed. CurrentPerm is similar across all vprocs (the minimum and maximum are close to the average). Permanent space is relatively evenly distributed across all AMPs in the system.
  • The table Employee_nupi_ondept is poorly distributed. The CurrentPerm figures range from a minimum of 4,096 bytes to a maximum of 30,208 bytes on different AMPs, indicating a wide variance from the average.