The main purpose of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric for me is that it acts as a database. In my company, we store our data with the help of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. It is possible to use Spark engine with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is also useful for data processing and data ingestion.
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric can be described as a complete platform or as an end-to-end solution. I think it is one of the best platforms with all the required capabilities at the moment.
There are some drawbacks in HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric when it comes to the interoperability part. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with third-party tools. For example, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is not compatible with Informatica and one other tool, but considering my company's use cases, we tried but failed with the integration part. The aforementioned areas can be considered for improvement in the solution.
I have been using HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric for two years.
It is a scalable solution.
There are around 200 to 300 users of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric in my company.
My company does not plan to increase the number of users of the solution.
The solution's technical support is good. My company only witnessed one problem with HPE's technical support team, and that was when they were unable to upgrade the cluster.
I have previous experience with Oracle Big Data and Cloudera. My company chose HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric over Oracle Big Data and Cloudera since we found it to be more competitive and faster than the other two tools. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric was cheaper than Oracle Big Data and Cloudera. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric provides users with out-of-the-box applications. Data containerization is one of the aspects that my company found to be useful in HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric provided a full combination of whatever was required in a solution, even for smaller applications.
The initial setup of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric is easy.
I am not sure how long it took to deploy HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, but I haven't heard about any disadvantages when it comes to the time taken for the deployment. I remember that one of our company's clients who had purchased the product never mentioned the product's setup phase being complex.
One of the drawbacks with HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric stems from the fact that the product's upgrade was not straightforward, and it was a complex process since one of the teams in my company who deals with the tool found the upgrade part to be tough.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
My company has two dedicated staff members to look after the deployment and maintenance phases of HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric.
There is a need for my company to pay for the licensing costs of the solution.
I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.
I rate the overall product between seven and a half to eight out of ten.