Teradata Vantage on VMware offers four database license tiers depending on your use case. Each tier differs in scalability and performance. The Base, Advanced, and Enterprise Tiers can be used as an upgrade path from Teradata Express. This book is for these three tiers.
A free Developer tier is also available and can be used for evaluation purposes. Developer can be used for proof of concepts, development and testing, data validation, and as a sandbox for Vantage users. For more information, see Teradata Vantage™ on VMware Developer Tier Getting Started Guide.
Each tier is unique in what it offers in the following areas:
- Amount of system concurrency and number of nodes
- Teradata Vantage features
- Teradata Vantage software applications that are available at no additional cost
- Level of customer support
For a list of what is offered in each tier, see Teradata Vantage License Tiers.