Teradata Aster
A massively parallel analytics database whose SQL-GR engine, added in Aster 6, runs vertex-oriented graph algorithms in bulk-synchronous parallel steps and invokes them from SQL alongside SQL-MapReduce functions. Its engines were folded into Teradata Vantage in 2018.
Elsewhere
- Overall rank
- #115
- First released
- October 2013
- License
- Proprietary
Sources 4 references
License Proprietary
Closed-source commercial product; the Wikipedia comparison table lists it as Proprietary.
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Proprietary Java , SQL , Python , C++ , R Massive parallel processing (MPP) database incorporating patented engines supporting native SQL, MapReduce, and graph data storage and manipulation
Graph database - Wikipedia · reviewed 2026-11-03
Released 2013-10
The SQL-GR graph engine was announced with Aster Discovery Platform 6 on 8 October 2013. Aster itself predates graph support.
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The innovations in the Aster Discovery Platform include Teradata Aster SQL-GR™, a graph engine
Teradata Aster Discovery Platform Liberates Data Scientists Around the World · reviewed 2026-11-03
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Aster (nCluster) was a massively parallel database built from queen, worker and loader node classes, so it always ran as a cluster that clients connected to.
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The nCluster database is labeled by Aster as a massively parallel processing (MPP) database.
Aster Data Systems announces In-Database MapReduce (InfoQ) · reviewed 2026-11-03 -
Nodes in the “worker” layer store data on locally attached disks for querying.
Startup launches 'Internet-scale' database (Computerworld) · reviewed 2026-11-03