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Teradata Metric

Terabyte of storage (block and object)

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Unit
TB
Aliases
per TB/year; Block storage; Object storage
Definition
VantageCloud Lake Pricing guide glossary: "Storage represents the amount of data stored in the environment, measured and paid for in terabytes."
Counting rules
Block storage (high-performance, attached to the primary cluster) and object storage (for Open Table Format, data lakes and long-term retention) are priced per TB per year; examples in the guide use USD 1,445 per TB/year (block, package examples) and USD 276 per TB/year (object). Lake Console reports committed block storage and provisioned block and object usage; object storage figures are monthly averages; backup storage and Native Object Storage are not included in consumption data.
Floors / minimums
High-performance database block storage: USD 2,890/TB/year, minimum 1 TB per node and minimum 2 nodes (footnote to package prices). Block storage expansion in Teradata Cloud cannot be reversed.
Applies to products
  • VantageCloud Lake
  • Teradata Cloud
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