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Configuring Vertica for a Multi-Tenant Solution

One of the more interesting and popular Vertica solutions that I've come across is the so-called multi-tenant implementation. A multi-tenant database is simply a database designed to support multiple unique customers. Often, these customers interact with the database through some sort of web interface which uses an Vertica database in the backend.

New Configuration Parameter Storage and Setting Options

Vertica 7.1.x introduces a new way to store and set configuration parameters.Previously, configuration parameter values were stored in individual vertica.conf files on each node. As of Vertica 7.1.0, these values are stored in the database catalog, allowing the values to stay consistent over all nodes.