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Teradata Vantage™ on Azure (DIY) Installation and Administration Guide

Product
Teradata Vantage on Azure
Release Number
6.0
Published
November 2018
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-12-10
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lifecycle
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Product Category
Cloud

Refer to this table to determine which option is appropriate for your use case.

Action / Effect Scale Up1 Scale Down1 Scale Out2 Scale In2
Decrease CPU count
Decreases performance
   
Decrease memory size
Decreases performance
   
Decrease storage bandwidth of VMs
Increases data disks managed per VM
   
Increase CPU count
Increases performance
   
Increase memory size
Increases performance
   
Increase storage bandwidth of VMs
Decreases data disks managed per VM
   
Increase VM count
Changes infrastructure and software costs
     
Replace VMs
Redistributes premium data disks across VMs
     
  • 1Maintains the AMP count and changes the VM size
  • 2Maintains the AMP count but does not change the VM size

For more information, see the Orange Book, Elasticity in the Teradata® Database, TDN-0009703. To find an Orange Book, go to https://access.teradata.com, log in, and search for the book title.