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We performed a comparison between Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and IBM Netezza Performance Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two NoSQL Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"Cloudera is a very manageable solution with good support.""We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures.""Customer service and support were able to fix whatever the issue was.""We also really like the Cloudera community. You can have any question and will have your answer within a few hours.""The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with. It starts with the installation and from there on the management is very simple and centralized.""The solution is reliable and stable, it fits our requirements.""The solution's most valuable feature is the enterprise data platform.""I don't see any performance issues."

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"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that.""The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance.""Distribution concurrency control.""The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general.""The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product.""We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday.""The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly.""The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."

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Cons
"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.""The dashboard could be improved.""There are multiple bugs when we update.""The solution is not fit for on-premise distributions.""The procedure for operations could be simplified.""Cloudera's support is extremely bad and cannot be relied on.""They should focus on upgrading their technical capabilities in the market.""The governance aspect of the solution should be improved."

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"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.""Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat.""IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available.""The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough.""The only issue is that it's not expandable.""We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that.""In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all.""Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."

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  • "When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."
  • "The price could be better for the product."
  • "I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
  • "Cloudera requires a license to use."
  • "Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
  • "I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."
  • "The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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  • "Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."
  • "The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."
  • "The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product comes with an annual subscription, which is expensive. They are bundling technologies together. You have to pay an extra cost if you need the technology out of the base license.
    Top Answer:IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.
    Top Answer:The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.
    Top Answer:Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.
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    Also Known As
    Netezza Performance Server, Netezza
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    Overview
    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is the world's most complete, tested, and popular distribution of Apache Hadoop and related projects. CDH is 100% Apache-licensed open source and is the only Hadoop solution to offer unified batch processing, interactive SQL, and interactive search, and role-based access controls. More enterprises have downloaded CDH than all other such distributions combined.
    IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.
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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company22%
    Insurance Company15%
    Comms Service Provider11%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Educational Organization9%
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    Financial Services Firm37%
    Retailer16%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Educational Organization64%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Netezza Performance Server
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Netezza Performance Server and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is ranked 5th in NoSQL Databases with 46 reviews while IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 10th in Data Warehouse with 33 reviews. Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is rated 7.8, while IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop writes "Good end-to-end security features and we like that it's cloud independent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Netezza Performance Server writes "A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing". Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is most compared with Amazon EMR, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, Apache Spark, Cassandra and MongoDB, whereas IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, Oracle Database, SQL Server and Teradata. See our Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Netezza Performance Server report.

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