Teradata Connector for Hadoop 1.0.6 now available

The Teradata Connector for Hadoop (TDCH) provides scalable, high performance bi-directional data movement between the Teradata database system and Hadoop system.

Overview

There are currently three editions of TDCH:

1. Teradata Connector for Hadoop (Command Line Edition)
   • End-user tool with its own CLI (Command Line Interface).
   • Designed and implemented for the Hadoop user audience. 
2. Teradata Connector for Hadoop (Studio Edition)
   • Starting with Teradata Studio 14.02, there is a Smart Loader for Hadoop feature that uses the TDCH as the underlying technology for data movement in a GUI environment.
   • Designed and implemented for the Teradata user audience that is familiar with BI Tools.
   • For more information, please see:
     • Smart Loader for Hadoop article
     • Teradata Studio 14.02 now available article  
3. Teradata Connector for Hadoop (Sqoop Integration Edition)
   • A building block that enables integration as part of a 3^rd party end-user tool such as Sqoop. When used as a building block, TDCH (Sqoop Integration Edition) comes with a Java API (Application Programming Interface).
   • Designed and implemented for the Hadoop user audience.
   • Sqoop users can use the Sqoop command line interface for bi-directional data movement between Teradata and Hadoop.
   • Various Hadoop distributions such as Hortonworks and Cloudera use the Java API provided by TDCH (Sqoop Integration Edition) to integrate with Sqoop. The Sqoop integrated products, which provide bi-directional data movement between Teradata and Hadoop, are distributed by the Hadoop vendors.

Need Help? 

For more detailed information on the Teradata Connector for Hadoop, please see the attached Tutorial document as well as the README file in the appropriate TDCH download packages. 

For more information about Hadoop Product Management (PM), Teradata employees can go to Teradata Connections Hadoop PM.