Chapter 13 Using Data Compression - Teradata Database

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

This chapter describes several data compression options that you can use to reduce disk space usage and, in some cases, also improve I/O performance.

  • Multivalue compression (MVC)
  • Algorithmic compression (ALC)
  • Row compression
  • Row header compression
  • Autocompression
  • Hash index and join index row compression
  • Block-level compression (BLC)