Likelihood to Recommend Altogether, I want to say that Apache Hadoop is well-suited to a larger and unstructured data flow like an aggregation of web traffic or even advertising. I think Apache Hadoop is great when you literally have petabytes of data that need to be stored and processed on an ongoing basis. Also, I would recommend that the software should be supplemented with a faster and interactive database for a better querying service. Lastly, it's very cost-effective so it is good to give it a shot before coming to any conclusion.
Read full review We can query the data source and treat multiple databases as one with IBM Netezza Performance Server. While delivering fast and reliable analytical performance, the IBM Netezza Performance Server requires minimal configuration and ongoing management. To drive organizational performance, Netezza Performance Server automatically simplifies data and AI to centralize all analytics activities on the device, exactly where the data resides. For data processing and application dashboards, IBM Netezza Performance Server is quite beneficial. IBM Netezza Performance Server simplifies event setup by notifying you when a hardware component fails, allowing you to quickly replace it.
Read full review Pros Handles large amounts of unstructured data well, for business level purposes Is a good catchall because of this design, i.e. what does not fit into our vertical tables fits here. Decent for large ETL pipelines and logging free-for-alls because of this, also. Read full review IBM Netezza Performance Server enables capabilities to integrate with leading ETL solutions. Data can be exported from the IBM Netezza Performance Server to a variety of formats, including Excel. We can prioritize specific users and queries using IBM Netezza Performance Server. Read full review Cons Less organizational support system. Bugs need to be fixed and outside help take a long time to push updates Not for small data sets Data security needs to be ramped up Failure in NameNode has no replication which takes a lot of time to recover Read full review More tech support may make it easier as it is only limited to be done via company representatives Overhead cost for replacements and services looks like it is high compared to others Integration with other cloud based application will be great Read full review Likelihood to Renew Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
Read full review Usability Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
Read full review Support Rating We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
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Read full review Online Training Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.
Read full review Netezza is sufficient against similar products. It comes down to personal preference, I'd love to have the data objects popping up as I type but some people may not like it.
Read full review Return on Investment There are many advantages of Hadoop as first it has made the management and processing of extremely colossal data very easy and has simplified the lives of so many people including me. Hadoop is quite interesting due to its new and improved features plus innovative functions. Read full review The appliance is all in one so we have all licenses and support contracts under one roof. The cost is expensive so ROI may take time to be realized. If done correctly, then Netezza provides the opportunity for huge ROI. Read full review ScreenShots