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MariaDB on CentOS vs Teradata comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

MariaDB on CentOS
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (19th)
Teradata
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (6th), Backup and Recovery (13th), Data Integration (11th), Relational Databases Tools (5th), Data Warehouse (3rd), BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (8th), Marketing Management (5th), Cloud Data Warehouse (2nd), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

MariaDB on CentOS and Teradata aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. MariaDB on CentOS is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 0.2%.
Teradata, on the other hand, focuses on Data Warehouse, holds 8.8% mindshare, down 15.7% since last year.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MariaDB on CentOS0.2%
Rocky Linux9.0%
Ubuntu Linux8.2%
Other82.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Teradata8.8%
Snowflake9.5%
Oracle Exadata7.6%
Other74.1%
Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Giovanni Baruzzi - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Syntlogo GmbH
Reliable clustering has ensured continuous access and has simplified high‑availability operations
The Galera Cluster feature has helped me with high availability because it is stable, requiring at least three servers to have a stable cluster. If one member of the cluster stops for any reason, the service continues working, and as you restart the server, it synchronizes everything with the other members. It is very well designed; while it is a complex feature and is documented, every improvement in this area would be helpful, and this is a suggestion for the Galera and MariaDB on CentOS developers. MariaDB on CentOS is a very good SQL database that is open source, meaning no license cost for users. There are even commercial editions that offer support, but basically, you do not need to pay any license. It is very dependable and very clear.
David Durand Velásquez - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineers at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Delivers consistent performance and enables advanced analytics across complex data environments
Teradata stands out as a solid platform for managing and analyzing large volumes of data. Its architecture allows information to be processed efficiently while maintaining stable performance, even in highly demanding environments. One of its most notable strengths is the ability to run complex queries at high speed, which is essential for organizations that require timely and reliable analytics. Teradata offers a well-integrated ecosystem that supports working with different types of data and enables scalability as organizational needs grow. Its focus on advanced analytics, integration with modern business intelligence tools, and the ability to operate both on-premise and in the cloud make it a versatile solution for data warehousing and large-scale processing. Teradata's stability, technological maturity, and the availability of strong documentation and best practices are noteworthy. I consider Teradata to be a tool with great potential for any organization looking to enhance its analytical capabilities, optimize data processing, and move toward more data-driven decision-making. Teradata stands out as a solid platform for managing a large volume of data in different projects. Its architecture allows information to be processed efficiently while maintaining stable performance, even in high-demanding environments. A well-integrated AI ecosystem that supports working with different types of data and enables scalability as organizational needs grow across different kinds of enterprises or organizations. The focus on advanced analytics integration with modern business intelligence tools is particularly valuable. Teradata combines a powerful parallel process and optimizing SQL engine with a highly scalable architecture allowing businesses to execute complex queries and analytics in real-time. It supports multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments, giving organizations flexibility to choose the setup that best aligns with their strategy. One of the biggest strengths is the ability to unify disparate data sources and support high concurrency, enabling different teams, such as analytics, operations, BI, and data science, to access consistent, trusted data across the enterprise.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"MariaDB on CentOS is a very good SQL database that is open source, meaning no license cost for users."
"MariaDB on CentOS is faster than Oracle."
"MariaDB on CentOS has positively impacted our organization in several ways."
"MariaDB on CentOS is almost identical to MySQL, and the experience is very similar."
"MariaDB on CentOS has positively impacted my organization by providing more features compared to Oracle MySQL, particularly in terms of performance, advantages, and implemented features, leading to migrations from Oracle MySQL to MariaDB on CentOS."
"Teradata features high productivity and reliability because it has several redundancy options, so the system is always up and running."
"The most valuable feature of Teradata was actually the fact that it controls everything on a database."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of running queries."
"It's very mature from a technology perspective."
"​We really enjoy the FastLoad, TPump, and MultiLoad features.​"
"The most valuable feature is the ease of uploading data from multiple sources."
"The solution's banking model, called FSLDM (Financial Services Logical Data Model), is sophisticated and good."
"The key advantages are Performance when processing Terabytes of data and scalability."
 

Cons

"Many functionalities are not available in MariaDB on CentOS, so those aspects needed to be rewritten, particularly Oracle proprietary features."
"You can always improve a product, and the area that is very sensitive in MariaDB on CentOS is the release and the backward compatibility."
"One of the things that is not ideal is that the version which is default is sometimes older than the very latest."
"I think MariaDB on CentOS needs improvements in some memory-level implementations within the operating system, as I have noticed issues related to memory orientation, such as out-of-memory problems."
"I would like more security and speed."
"If I want to implement an upgrade, I'd like to see how it will be different. Ideally, Data Lab should help me test production items and also do future things. Future releases should be downloadable and testable in Data Lab."
"I truly believe that in five years, we will breach the effective limits of Teradata to perform in a multi-petabyte environment, i.e., without significant changes to its underlying architecture."
"I would like more security and speed."
"The scalability of Teradata is extremely poor, unfortunately."
"Data synchronization to the DR site."
"Data ingestion is done via external utilities and not by the query language itself. It would be more convenient to have that functionality within its SQL dialect."
"I would not say it was very performance efficient, but it was definitely good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's a very expensive product."
"I am using the free version of Teradata."
"Teradata is not cheap, but you get what you pay for."
"In the past, it turned out that other solutions, in order to provide the full range of abilities that the Teradata platform provides plus the migration costs, would end up costing more than Teradata does."
"We had a lot of parties involved when purchasing from the AWS Marketplace. They are very flexible and aggressive in trying to close the deal. They are good at what they have to offer and listening to the customer. It's a two-way street."
"The tool costs about 30,000 euros a month, while Azure Synapse SQL only costs 10,000."
"The price of Teradata could be less expensive."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 5, 2015
Netezza vs. Teradata
Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
39%
Transportation Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
5%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise52
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for MariaDB on CentOS?
MariaDB on CentOS is used in a hybrid cloud and public cloud environment. It has been deployed in AWS and DigitalOcean, installed separately rather than as a managed service.
What advice do you have for others considering MariaDB on CentOS?
I believe I have covered every important aspect to discuss, and I do not have anything else to add. I was offered a gift card. My overall review rating for MariaDB on CentOS is 10.
Comparing Teradata and Oracle Database, which product do you think is better and why?
I have spoken to my colleagues about this comparison and in our collective opinion, the reason why some people may declare Teradata better than Oracle is the pricing. Both solutions are quite simi...
Which companies use Teradata and who is it most suitable for?
Before my organization implemented this solution, we researched which big brands were using Teradata, so we knew if it would be compatible with our field. According to the product's site, the comp...
Is Teradata a difficult solution to work with?
Teradata is not a difficult product to work with, especially since they offer you technical support at all levels if you just ask. There are some features that may cause difficulties - for example,...
 

Also Known As

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IntelliFlex, Aster Data Map Reduce, , QueryGrid, Customer Interaction Manager, Digital Marketing Center, Data Mover, Data Stream Architecture, Teradata Vantage Enterprise (DIY)
 

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