Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop Reviews

We use the solution for the data warehousing.

The product as a whole is good.

There are better solutions out there that have more features than this one.

I have just started using the solution.

I do not know of any issues with the stability of the solution.

I have an internal team that does maintenance for the solution.

The price could be better for the product.

We are a solution provider and this is one of the systems that we implement for our clients.

Our clients for this product are in the financial industry and they use it to perform cost analysis tasks.

The most valuable feature is Kubernetes.

The price of this solution could be lowered.

We have been using the Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop for five years.

It is a stable solution.

The Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop can be scaled. Our customers are enterprise-level companies and they have about 100 users for this solution.

We offer technical support for this solution to our customers.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The pricing is expensive.

Cloudera really has no competition.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case for this solution is to host a big amount of data in our platform, processing, analysis and all of this stuff on the platform.

Cloudera is always developing new tools and supports a wide range of tools. We also really like the Cloudera community. You can have any question and will have your answer within a few hours. Cloudera is better than other competitors because they acquired Hortonworks.

We're processing a huge amount of data on our system. Without the big data environment, we cannot store all of this data live. We have billions of records and terabytes of storage to be used. It's not an option actually for us to have a big data environment. Cloudera is trying to adopt new technologies.

I think the idea of open source tools now is dominating. So Cloudera has to decide how to deal with open-source tools. I subscribe to Cloudera to get an enterprise version but I have found that I can get some of its features from other vendors that would be at a lower cost than Cloudera. They should lower the price. 

We have been using Cloudera for a year. 

It's stable. I have no issue regarding the stability.

It's scalable. You can add more nodes and you can expand your cluster easily.

After we open a ticket, the issue can be resolved very quickly, they have a management portal. I don't contact them directly, but I haven't heard anybody having any problems with it. 

The initial setup is complicated. We needed the vendor to install it themselves. The deployment took around three weeks. Three people were involved because they just follow up and supervise the deployment, but they're not deploying anything. The vendor does it. 

In terms of the advice, I would say to focus on what tools are available on the market. In terms of open-source, most companies are delivering open source technologies and providing support to these tools. Now I have the option to purchase a license for whatever platform for $1. I can deliver it with another small company at a lower cost. If I was the decision-maker, I'd invest in open-source tools. Cloudera and all of these companies are trying to adapt to these big data technologies and open source tools. Cloudera is trying to put it inside their platform so that we can have a compatible solution.

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

The features I find most valuable are--

• Enterprise security features (authentication, authorization, data governance, and data protection)
• Proactive support 
• Training

• Providing robust infrastructure
• Fairly matured tools like Cloudera Navigator, Cloudera Manager, etc. 
• Professional support enabled us to provide great customer service
• Our clients are able to perform proactive maintenance in an efficient manner

Spark with R integration is missing. Also, it is lacking Spark SQL support.

I've used it for over eight months.

We faced issues in deploying Azure with Cloudera. Our machine hard disks were getting corrupted whenever we used to get patches on weekends. Now these have been resolved.

They offer excellent support.

It was complex because we were doing first time deployment of Cloudera on Azure. Also complexity was high due to lot of security features.

We are Big Data consultants, so we implement it.

Cloudera is a leader in providing distributions for Hadoop so it was no brainer for us to decide.

There were initial hiccups when deploying Cloudera on Azure but now this combo is working fine in production, so you can go for it.

We primarily use the solution for external storage.

The search function is the most valuable aspect of the solution.

The user infrastructure and user interface needs to be improved, as well as the performance. The GUI needs to be better.

We did not previously use a different solution.

The initial setup was complex, due to the user interface. We were doing a POC, so we're still doing the deployment.

I would rate this solution seven out of 10. There's tons of room for improvement.

The features most valuable to me are--

• Installation (very easy initial setup)
• Configuration
• Ability to update configuration through UI

It made Hadoop easy to use and made it easy to get started.

The licensing was by node. I think licensing by size of data managed would be a useful improvement.

I used Cloudera Manager to evaluate Hadoop and HBase for one year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

It's excellent.

It's excellent.

It was very easy.

It was implemented in-house.

We compared it to Amazon EMR but found Cloudera Manager to be more functional.

It's a great product and must be evaluated if you are planning to use Hadoop..

It automates the installation and configuration of Hadoop and different Big Data services.

We're currently trying to perform a failed installation and it's little bit difficult. It should restart the installation where it left off.

I've used it for two years.

• In some cases, logs are clear about failed services.
• While deploying in some failed steps it should not provide generic logs.

7/10 - they have forums where they will answer your query within a day.

We previously used Hortonworks and changed because Cloudera is simpler and more interactive.

It was very straightforward.

We did it in-house. They have good technical support to help with implementation.

We use the free version, and they provide everything we need.

Implement the free version as it provides enough services. If you want a backup service, or any extra service, then you can implement the enterprise version.