NEW DELHI: Teradata Corporation announced the availability of Teradata virtual storage software that virtualizes data storage. It enables Teradata to add storage capacity at low cost and maximize performance to meet the enterprise intelligence demands of business users.

"It reduces the cost of adding additional storage by as much as 10 times. Unlike other competitors' capabilities, Teradata virtual storage allows system performance to remain high and predictable even as data capacity increases," said Scott Gnau, Head- Development, Teradata Corporation.

The software automatically places the most frequently used or 'hot' data on the fastest storage units and the least used or 'cold' data on the slowest storage units without user or administrator intervention. The proper placement of data supports high-performance access to hot data in support of real time decision making, and provides an automated life-cycle management process as data age or 'cool' data which is migrated to less expensive drives.

"As the needs of customers grow, Teradata virtual storage enables them to add significantly more storage to their existing Teradata data warehouse without re-building or purchasing a new system.  This enables Teradata customers to scale their data warehouse to deliver business value at a lower cost, consistent with the current economic conditions and budget restraints," said Krish Krishnan, President and CEO, Sixth Sense Advisors.