Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub vs. IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

Cloudera excels at seamless migrations and upgrades.



Cloudera supports self-healing and data center
replacement of failed cloud instances while maintaining the state.



Cloudera is essential to increase or decrease
capacity through the user interface or API.



Cloudera is great at simplifying big data analytics
by providing the technology and tools needed to gain insights from IoT and
connected devices to help monitor and condition our assets.



Cloudera's cybersecurity platform option offers
stronger anomaly detection, visibility, and prevention, as well as faster
behavioral analysis.



Cloudera is beneficial for enabling and utilizing
the platform's machine learning and ad-hoc queries while securely storing,
retrieving, and analyzing any volume of data at scale.

Incentivized

One scenario that immediately came to my mind was large-scale data processing, IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is well-suited for organizations that require high-performance computing capabilities, particularly when processing large amounts of data. It can also be useful for companies or organizations that wish to migrate their workplace to the cloud and it may suite companies that have strict compliance requirements since the servers have robust security features.

Incentivized

• Excellent management capabilities via Cloudera Manager.
• Open source and does not restrict our data to be bound by a proprietary format.
• Offers excellent support for data governance and auditing.
• Has all the components that would help us build a data hub.
• Excellent platform support offered by Cloudera.

• Scalability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers enable businesses to simply and quickly scale up or down the resources they require in response to changing business demands. This enables firms to respond to traffic spikes, requests for new services, or changes in business size without the need for additional hardware purchases or maintenance.
• Cost savings: By employing virtual servers in the cloud, enterprises can decrease capital expenditures for hardware and infrastructure while also lowering ongoing operational expenses by removing server maintenance and management costs. This can result in significant cost savings for enterprises, particularly those that need to raise or decrease their computer capacity fast and easily.
• High availability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is built with high availability in mind, giving enterprises the certainty that their applications and data will be available and accessible even if hardware fails or other disruptions occur. This assists enterprises in maintaining business continuity and lowering the chance of downtime, which is crucial for firms that rely on 24/7 access to their systems. Furthermore, IBM's comprehensive network and security features aid in the prevention of data breaches and other security risks, assuring the availability and reliability of their applications and data.

Incentivized

• Not fully Open Source, couple of components of the distributions are privately owned, meaning with public contributions are not welcome
• Improvements to Cloudera manager can only be recommended. its very hard to get it done once recommended as the full control is with them.
• Should make components more aligned to Open Source rather than making it closed sourced.
• Custom Features of open source software tools supported only by Cloudera are tricky. Cant commit changes to tools like Hue.
• Improvements to Cluster Management tool is required, which are already available to its competitors.

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• It would also be nice if there were more templates to choose from when creating a server. Right now there are only a few options, and we'd like to see more variety.
• We'd like to see the ability to create server groups. This would make it easier to manage a large number of servers since we could do all of the updates and management tasks for them at once.
• There doesn't seem to be a way to automatically install updates on all of the virtual servers. We have to go in and manually update each one, which can be time-consuming. It would be really nice if automatic updates can be done.

Incentivized

Likely to renew the use in case the requirements for Cloudera remain valid. The rapid change in customer requirements and solutions that must be validated, integrated or tested changes. As the maturity of the solution increases, the requirements to renew use decrease. From a solution feature perspective by itself would probably grade 10.

It has a flexible and affordable pricing, easy to configure and manage. It is easy to spawn one or multiple instances and have them up and running in no time

Incentivized

Always available when you need an instance.

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Most of the instances work on hypervisors with good processors, but not all of them.

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It is adequate, but you need to be ready to argue your point - which is fair enough, I suppose, but being given the opposite of the benefit of the doubt every time does not necessarily result in an enjoyable user experience.

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We did not use IBM professional services to implement IBM Cloud Virtual Servers.

Incentivized

Cloudera is
compatible with Windows operating systems, and Mac allows cloud-based
deployment, it is also very useful to configure data encryption, guarantee
protocols, and security policies. It also provides integrated auditing and
monitoring capabilities, as well as a control comprehensive data repository for
the enterprise, and ensures vendor compatibility through its open-source
architecture.

Incentivized

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers offer more customization options than Amazon EC2, with the ability to select from a range of operating systems, storage types, and network configurations. IBM also provides a wide range of tools and services to help manage and optimize your virtual servers, including a web-based console, CLI, and API.

AWS EC2 is a more managed platform, with a focus on providing a simple and easy-to-use interface. Amazon provides a range of predefined instance types, each with different specs and pricing, to make it easy to find the right option for your needs. AWS also offers a number of management and monitoring tools, but these are often more basic than what is available from IBM.

Incentivized

It worked well for us in the beginning, it works well for us when we have more instances.

Incentivized

• Cloudera products are the most widely. It is more business friendly as data is more secure. The sensitive data that you operate on is local to you and your project rather than processing this data on Cloud.
• Cloudera is definitely faster as wait time is reduced if on Cloud.
• A lot range of products are covered. So it is definitely good for businesses and had good returns on investments.

• Supports businesses who want compute power on demand (instances are ready within minutes).
• It can give you access to a 32-core CPU at $0.29 for short running or interruptible processes - enabling cost-efficient number crunching.
• Given me a taste of the powers of remote compute power for compilation and development.

Incentivized