Teradata Vantage is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics, enabling users to solve complex data challenges from start to scale. With a modern architecture and built on an open ecosystem, customers worldwide across a range of industries use Vantage to deliver business outcomes and turn data into one of their greatest assets.
For detailed descriptions of all the components, see Teradata Vantage™ User Guide in https://docs.teradata.com/.
At a high-level, Vantage consists of the following components.
Storage
Datastore: The file system that helps isolate Vantage from hardware platform dependencies and supports the creation and maintenance of database tables under the direction of Vantage. The file system stores data in physical format.
High-speed Fabric
The high-speed fabric ties the processing technologies together. On Teradata® IntelliFlex®, it is the BYNET on InfiniBand, running the BYNET protocol. On a public cloud deployment such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure), it is the network switching fabric used by that environment.
Analytics Database
- Analytics Database is a core capability of Teradata Vantage. The Analytics Database gives you the ability to run advanced analytic functions beyond that of standard SQL. At a high-level, the Analytics Database:
- Performs SQL-based analytics
- Provides additional advanced analytics capability such as 4D Analytics, path and pattern analysis, scoring, and more
- Executes additional query optimization functions as, such as Optimizer and Workload Management
Languages
Vantage provides support for various languages including SQL, R, Python, SAS, and Java.
Tools
- BI visualization tools including Tableau, Qlik, and IBM Cognos
- Analytic tools including Dataiku and SAS
- Notebooks and IDEs including RStudio, Jupyter, and Teradata Studio™