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Teradata Maximums (V2R5.0)

Written by Mike Dempsey
(NCR/Teradata)


System Limits

Number of Databases/Users 4.2 Billion
Message length 1 MB
SQL request length 1 MB
Number of Active transactions 2,048
Data Parcel Length 65,104
Parcels in one message 256
SQL title length 60
String constant length 255
Data Format Descriptor Length 30
Error message text in failure parcel 255
Sessions per gateway (Max 1 gateway / Node) 1,200
Sessions per PE 120
Concurrent Utility jobs 15
Vprocs per system 16,384
Vprocs per Node 128
Data capacity per AMP - Unformatted 1.3 Tbyte



Database Limits

Tables per database 32,000
Journal tables per database 1
Columns per table 2,048
LOB columns per table 32
Columns per View / Spool file 512
Block Size 130,560
Row size (approx) 64,256
Column size (approx) 64,000
LOB size 2 GB
Column / Table name length 30
Number of columns per index 62
Secondary / Join indexes per table 32
Table level constraints per table 100
Referential constraints per table 64
Tables that can reference a table 64
Columns in Foreign & Parent key 16
View / Macro nesting levels 8
Rows per table limited by space available



Session Limits

Spool Files 2048
Global Temporary Tables 1000
Volatile Temporary Tables 2000
Parallel steps performed ( If no channels) 20
Number of channels 10

Redistribution across AMPs uses 4 channels

Non prime Index (without redistribution) uses 2 channels




Developed from an Attachment provided by Mike Dempsey.






 
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