Teradata vs oltp - response (1) by Raja_KT

Hi,

I have seen many comparisons. First we need to know both the technologies  very well and then we can comment. Teradata has so many features of OLTP then and now also. See all the features (also with the recent versions) and then conclude. Implement it and get a real time experience and then you know. Real time experience is galaxy far away better than fantasy. Macros,  you can do msr. They have triggers, stored procs, cursors etc. and you can run your queries both in ANSI and Teradata mode and both are similar , no need to reinvent the wheel. You name any feature in Oracle that Teradata does not have. You tell the functionality and that can be done easily. Turn the table and name features in Teradata that Oracle does not have.

Problem with Pre-sales, is that they cannot sell, because of lack of knowledge of requirements, exposure, other technologies and they see only from their perspectives and not 

beyond.

It reminds me of my dental doctor. He has around 500 permanent patients. He uses only excel sheet for all details. You know he does not need oracle or teradata.

Now come to those who need Oracle or Teradata.Oracle cannot scale up and cannot do much in OLAP. Teradata  can do both. Oracle is built for OLTP system.

If you are buying a gadget from a shop, will you buy a multi-purpose one or one that serves only one functionality for you. Choice is yours. Now you are running

a multi-brand giant company. You have to see a long term strategy for profit, ROI,TCO etc. I wish I can explain more. But time and space do not permit :).

Good luck,

Raja