Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

"The product as a whole is good."

"Very good end-to-end security features."

"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there are a lot of things that need to improve. I believe they are working on that."

"This is the only solution that is possible to install on-premise."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the enterprise data platform."

"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."

"The tool can be deployed using different container technologies, which makes it very scalable."

"The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent."

"IBM's ability to cluster compute resources is impressive, with built-in support for scenarios like VR and active-active configurations,"

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

"The best features of IBM Spectrum Computing are common across many of their storage products."

"The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers."

"Easy to operate and use."

"The comparison was challenging, but the IBM Spectrum Scale offered a balanced solution. Our engineers rated itsanalytics capabilities equally high as Pure Storage. For workload management, Spectrum Computing provided effective solutions that met our needs. Workload management is part of a complete solution that uses different tools. There were the cloud and HPC parts; within HPC, there were parts like liquid cooling, simple computing, storage, and orchestration. The orchestration team handled the workload management."

"This solution is working for both VTL and tape."

"Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis."

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

"There is a maximum of a one-gigabyte block size, which is an area of storage that can be improved upon."

"The price of this solution could be lowered."

"The competitors provide better functionalities."

"It could be faster and more user-friendly."

"The dashboard could be improved."

"The security of this solution could be improved. There should also be a way to basically have a blockchain enabled storage with the HDFS."

"Currently, we are using many other tools such as Spark and Blade Job to improve the performance."

"We have not been able to use deduplication."

"SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing."

"The deduplication software isn't quite up to speed with the market."

"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."

"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

"The deduplication software isn't quite up to speed with the market. While IBM has excellent compression technology, specifically on their FlashCore modules, they lag behind competitors such as NetApp in deduplication capabilities."

"We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning."

"IBM's sales and support structure can be challenging."

"The tool is expensive...For the SMB market or customers whose environments are not that complex and do not have multiple systems running, Cloudera might not be a good option."

"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."

"The solution is fairly expensive."

"Cloudera requires a license to use."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."

"The price could be better for the product."

"The product’s price depends from project to project."

"I believe we pay for a three-year license."

"Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."

"This solution is expensive."