Teradata® VantageCloud Enterprise on Azure (DIY) offers many database features including, but not limited to, those listed in this topic. Not all features listed here are included in all VantageCloud license tiers. Although the package is included, you still need to install and configure the VantageCloud image.
The following terms are used in the following table:
- Automatic indicates you do not have to install or configure the feature and can begin using it after deploying VantageCloud.
- Manual indicates you must install and configure the feature using the VantageCloud Enterprise documentation, similar to an on-premises system.
The following table does not include VantageCloud features that are enabled by default and are automatically installed and configured, such as Fallback.
| Database Feature | Description | Enabled by Default | Installation and Configuration | Documentation |
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| Native Object Store (Read & Write) |
Native Object Store (NOS) is a Cloud capability that enables Business Analysts, System Administrators, and Database Administrators to perform read-only searches and query CSV, JSON, and Parquet format datasets located on external S3-compatible object storage platforms using standard Teradata SQL and APIs. | Yes | Automatic | Native Object Store Native Object Store Getting Started Guide |
| Telemetry Collection Agent (TCA) | TCA helps align feature usage and session concurrency with resource consumption. It provides historical re-usage data for analysis and diagnosis of system issues | No | Manual | Telemetry Collections and Analytics (TCA) |
| Vantage Analytics Library | Vantage Analytics Library provides the Data Scientist with over 50 advanced analytic functions built directly in the Database Engine 20. These functions support the entire data science process— exploratory data analysis, data preparation and feature engineering, hypothesis testing, statistical and machine learning model building, and scoring. | Yes | Automatic | Vantage Analytics Library User Guide |
| Support for existing Proxy | A proxy server provides a gateway between servers and the internet. If customers want to configure proxy-server settings for VantageCloud site, then it can be done while deploying VantageCloud site using solution template. After you configure proxy-server in VantageCloud ecosystem, all nodes running in the system will access internet through your proxy-server. | No | Customer Managed | Proxy Server |
| Block-Level Compression | Stores data blocks in compressed format to save storage space and improve performance. | Yes for premium storage. | Automatic for premium storage. |
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| No for local storage. | Manual for local storage (not recommended). | |||
| Columnar | Provides the ability to partition a table or join index by column. | Yes | Automatic; must be configured. |
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| Intelligent Memory [Advanced, Enterprise tiers only] |
Speeds query performance and maximizes system memory by ensuring the most frequently used data is kept in memory. | No1 | Automatic |
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| Row-Level Security | Allows you to restrict data access by row. | No1 | Automatic |
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| Secure Zones | Provides grouping of user and database hierarchies into separate database partitions with restriction of user access to one or more zones. | No1 | Automatic |
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| Temporal | Provides built-in capabilities that are required in a temporal database management system. | No1 | Manual | Temporal Table Support |
| Open Table Format (OTF) | Support for Iceberg and Delta Lakes open-table formats using Apache Hive, and Unity catalogs on Azure with Java-based Implementation. Contact Teradata Support team to enable it. | No | Manual | Open Table Format for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake User Guide |
| TLS 1.3 | Support for TLS 1.3 Encryption for the Database Engine for enhanced security. Contact Teradata Support team to enable it. | No | Manual | |
| CMEK | Support for Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK). By default, every managed disk in Azure is encrypted using Azure platform. This is called Platform managed keys. Now, you can also use your own encryption keys to encrypt the disk during deployment. These keys are referred as CMEK. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disk-encryption for more details. | No | Automatic (Must configure during deployment) | See Customer Managed Encryption Key and VantageCloud Enterprise 3.2 User guide for more details. |
| Externally Managed Open Table Format (OTF) for Native Iceberg Reads | Native OTF on new Enterprise Clusters with support for Externally Managed Iceberg READ. | Yes (for supported regions) | Automatic | See Externally Managed OTF and VantageCloud Enterprise 3.2 User guide for more details. |
| 1Can enable when deploying VantageCloud Enterprise 2To find an Orange Book, go to https://support.teradata.com, log in, and search for the book title. |
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