Find out what your peers are saying about Snowflake Computing, Oracle, Teradata and others in Data Warehouse.
The investment is good, which is why people choose this hardware.
I have seen a return on investment with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions because of its speed and the robustness of the environment.
Technical support is very costly for me, accounting for twenty-five to thirty percent of the product cost.
If I were to rate their support from one to ten, I would say between nine to ten.
This involved creating blueprints for integrating Oracle products into client systems, followed by technical presentations to Oracle teams and stakeholders.
Exadata comes with a platinum gateway and comprehensive support, which often gets immediate attention with severity one cases.
If anything happens in terms of technicalities and I raise a ticket, they address it immediately, irrespective of the SLA agreement.
Customer support for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has been good with me and with VMware, including Broadcasts.
It is provided as a pre-configured box, and scaling is not an option.
Within a site, scalability is excellent.
Most of our functions or jobs are queued due to that.
Once installed, Exadata is very stable.
I have faced stability issues, mainly due to the storage my organization has, though I am not sure if it's specifically due to the tool.
The cloud version is only available in AWS, and in the Middle East, it is not well-developed in the Azure environment.
I believe that there is still room for improvement in Oracle Exadata, as they are putting AI features on those databases, which is making the database more user-friendly.
I cannot create an extended rack cluster with one node on one site and another node on a different site.
There are minor areas where improvement is needed, such as making the user interface more user-friendly and enhancing configuration and customization options.
They are losing business.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions can be improved as it is better and faster for administration and clusters, Dockers, and Kubernetes.
I would rate the price an eight on a scale from one to ten, indicating it is fairly expensive.
I find its pricing reasonable and cost-effective for large organizations, but for smaller organizations, it may not be that useful.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is that it is a bit expensive.
It operates as a high-speed data warehouse, which is essential for handling big data.
The most valuable features of Oracle Exadata are its high availability and cluster environment.
If a customer cannot tune their applications, this will help them to run the database and run the application without any tuning itself.
It also offers high backend speed between self-storage units and servers, which is beneficial for processing.
The principal aspect is the creation of Kubernetes clusters.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has no limitation. We can meet the maximum customer requirements.
The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Oracle Exadata | 8.1% |
| VMware Tanzu Data Solutions | 4.0% |
| IBM Netezza Performance Server | 4.4% |
| Other | 83.5% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 9 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 5 |
| Large Enterprise | 33 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 47 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 14 |
| Large Enterprise | 86 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 30 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 11 |
| Large Enterprise | 49 |
IBM Netezza Performance Server offers high performance, scalability, and minimal maintenance. It seamlessly integrates SQL for efficient data processing, making it ideal for enterprise data warehousing needs.
IBM Netezza Performance Server is known for its outstanding data processing capabilities. Its integration of FPGA technology, compression techniques, and partitioning optimizes query execution and scalability. Users appreciate its appliance-like architecture for straightforward deployment, distributed querying, and high availability, significantly boosting operations and analytics capabilities. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in handling high concurrency, real-time integration, and specific big data functionalities. Enhancements in database management tools, XML integration, and cloud options are commonly desired, along with better marketing and community engagement.
What are the key features of IBM Netezza Performance Server?Industries rely on IBM Netezza Performance Server for robust data warehousing solutions, particularly in sectors requiring intensive data analysis such as finance, retail, and telecommunications. Organizations use it to power business intelligence tools like Business Objects and MicroStrategy for customer analytics, establishing data marts and staging tables to efficiently manage and update enterprise data. With the capacity to handle large volumes of compressed and uncompressed data, it finds numerous applications in on-premises setups, powering data mining and reporting with high reliability and efficiency.
Oracle Exadata allows enterprises to run any Oracle Database workload with the highest performance, scale, availability, and security on fully compatible cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Exadata uses a scale-out design with unique optimizations that include persistent memory, SQL query offload, and built-in resource management to optimize performance for OLTP, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads running in consolidated environments. By running hundreds or thousands of optimized Autonomous Database and Exadata Database instances on Exadata Cloud or Cloud@Customer infrastructure, customers are able to minimize their infrastructure, reduce management, improve developer productivity, and lower total costs by up to 40%, as described in Wikibon’s analysis (PDF).
The main benefit of Exadata is its speed. It hosts operating systems, CPU memory, and hard drives. It runs all types of databases, including online transaction systems, processors, and data warehouses, while remedying the poor performances of older databases.
Oracle Exadata features a simple and fast database storage system that protects and backs up your critical data. It accelerates data warehouse performance for faster access to business information and data. It is the ideal database solution for companies looking to build up their infrastructure from scratch.
Oracle Exadata Database Machine Key Benefits
Accelerate database processing: Exadata Storage Server implements a unique, highly efficient database-optimized storage infrastructure that enables Exadata’s unparalleled performance without any of the bottlenecks that traditional storage experiences. Each storage server contains CPU processors that are used to offload database processing. The CPUs in the storage servers do not replace database CPUs, but work alongside them to accelerate database workloads.
Reviews from Real Users
Oracle Exadata stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust performance and its wide variety of database features that make it a comprehensive database solution.
Adriano S., an IT system integrator at a financial services firm, writes, "Oracle Exadata's performance is one of its best features. We are very satisfied with it. The previous equipment used to make a payment for all the government employees used to take at least two days for some of the transactions. Now, it will take hours to make the same amount of payments. Another thing is the flexibility to organize all our databases. We can use it with new features that come with this version of Oracle 19c, which is the container database. With container databases, we can work with many databases, organized, and segregated, and still access the functions and management, the things that most of the technical people like to have in place."
Paulo X., a sales manager at LTA-RH Informatica, notes, "Regarding features, there are so many that we can offer to customers. When we sell Exadata Cloud, there are many options to choose from, especially when it comes to enterprise database options. In my experience, the main features that are appreciated are various ones like GPS and the assortment of security options."
VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.
