TeraTeam UK Teradata DBA Definition
term: Traditional Teradata Warehousing
Data warehousing is a process for properly assembling and managing data from various servers to answer business-critical questions. It includes a central, enterprise-wide database that often holds many years' worth of detail data, so historical trends can be analyzed using the full power of the data. Many data warehouses get their data directly from operational systems for timeliness and accuracy. While data warehouses may begin somewhat small in scope and purpose, they often grow quite large as the value of the data warehouse is realized.
The Teradata Database's ability to handle large-scale, decision-support queries against huge volumes of detail data makes it the obvious choice for companies wanting to start at any level and grow.
Traditional Teradata Data Warehousing in now often combined with OLTP (on-line transaction processing) to create Active Data Warehousing.
