Understanding the Teradata Architecture

The architecture for the Teradata distribution of the Data Warehouse Protector is depicted in the image below.

Teradata Protector Multi-node Architecture

Component NameDescription
Access Module ProcessorStores and retrieves all the protector data. It is also called as the Virtual Processor (vproc).
config.iniContains the set of configuration parameters to modify the protector behavior.
CoreIs the set of various libraries that provide the Protegrity Core functionality.
Log ForwarderForwards the protector logs to Insight.
NodeServes as a central processing unit where the database operations are executed using a single operating system.
Resilient Package (RP) AgentIs a daemon running on each node that downloads the Policy from the ESA over a TLS channel using the installed Certificates.
UDF LayerContains the Data Warehouse Protector UDFs and APIs executing in the Teradata service process.

Last modified : February 20, 2026