Teradata is mainly made of nodes, access module processors known as AMPs, a Parsing Engine, and BYNET.
Every database machine is composed of hardware and software. Teradata is a powerful database that comes with high-end processing hardware and secure and fast analytical software.
Teradata hardware components are:
- Teradata TPA or database nodes (Trusted Parallel Application)
- BYNET nodes
- Non-TPA nodes (used for applications, loading, connecting to the mainframe system, and so on); not common to every customer
- Ethernet or other connectivity hardware
The Teradata software components are:
- Virtual processors:
- Access module processors
- Parsing Engines
- BYNET software
- Database software
Figure shows how SMP and MPP systems ...
