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We performed a comparison between CA IDMS and VMware Tanzu GemFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed CA IDMS vs. VMware Tanzu GemFire Report (Updated: May 2024).
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"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too.​""It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. ​""The most useful feature is the governance feature, because it can show us and help us to manage user profiles very quickly and using it in assertive way."

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"The solution improved our site reliability."

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"​I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain.""Right now, it's not easy to start using this solution. You have to take long course and train people. It's not an easy path."

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"The initial deployment was a little difficult."

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  • "Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
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    Top Answer:The solution improved our site reliability.
    Top Answer:The price is pretty good. It is a CPU-based system. The price depends on how big our cluster is.
    Top Answer:When we had outages, we had timeouts. Sometimes, the nodes would drop out of a cluster. Therefore, the applications would get timeouts. There is a newer version out that we're planning to upgrade to… more »
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    Also Known As
    IDMS
    GemFire, Pivotal GemFire
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    Overview
    CA IDMS is a reliable, high-performance, web-enabled Database Management system (DBMS) for IBM z Systems that provides business value for hundreds of enterprises and government organizations. CA IDMS provides high-performance database management and transaction processing performance for existing and new workloads, helping you consolidate business functions on a central data repository, as needed.

    An in-memory data grid powered by Apache Geode
    Scale your data services on demand to support high-performance, real-time apps.

    Sample Customers
    Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
    Southwest Airlines, Indian Railways, GE Power and Water
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government16%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise2%
    Large Enterprise74%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    CA IDMS vs. VMware Tanzu GemFire
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about CA IDMS vs. VMware Tanzu GemFire and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    CA IDMS is ranked 31st in Database Development and Management while VMware Tanzu GemFire is ranked 19th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. CA IDMS is rated 9.0, while VMware Tanzu GemFire is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of CA IDMS writes "We get network database performance. It supports our back office". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu GemFire writes "The product improves site reliability, but it is not stable, and the initial deployment was a little difficult". CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Datacom and Adabas, whereas VMware Tanzu GemFire is most compared with Nutanix Database Service and VMware Postgres. See our CA IDMS vs. VMware Tanzu GemFire report.

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