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I took a fairly close look at Teradata 2.5 years ago.
At that time, I could not see where it had any advantage over Oracle, particularly for Data Warehousing using star schemas.
Whereas there are many benefits to using Oracle.
Bitmap indexes ( don't think TD had those)
Partitioning - TD had something like it, but the Oracle version was much more robust IIRC.
Availability of skilled personnel - At the time I checked, there were 69 open TD positions nationwide - At that time there were 6900 Oracle positions.
Non-proprietary - Teradata runs on NT or NCR, nothing else.
Expense - believe it or not, TD costs more than Oracle.
Development tools and 3rd party software - much more support for Oracle.
... more I can't recall.
My employer at that time decided to dump Oracle for DW and go with TD instead. I left.
Jared
Hussain Ahmed Qadri <hussain_at_skm.org.pk>
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Subject: Oracle Warehousing or Teradata
One of our clients was interested in knowing which warehousing software he
should consider. Since he is already using Oracle, so he wanted to know
about the Oracle warehousing capabilities, as compared to Teradata. So
also for the sake of knowledge, which one is better and if one could be a
replacement of the other, in any environment.
Regards,
Hussain
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