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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A

    Percona XtraBackup

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APercona XtraBackup is a free, open source, online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. Percona XtraBackup performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, secure backups of InnoDB, XtraDB, and HailDB storage engines on transactional systems, so that applications remain fully available during planned maintenance windows. Percona XtraBackup can perform streaming, compressed, and incremental MySQL backups. Percona…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPercona XtraBackup
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPercona XtraBackup
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Free and open-source
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    Features
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPercona XtraBackup
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Percona XtraBackup
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Percona XtraBackup
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Percona XtraBackup
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Percona XtraBackup
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Percona XtraBackup
    Feature
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    Percona XtraBackup
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Encryption00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPercona XtraBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM InfoSphere Information ServerPercona XtraBackup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    Percona
    Well suited to databases < 10TB. For larger than this, I would go with snapshots.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    • Non-blocking backup : Backup process will not put any lock on the database.
    • Fast recovery : As it's a file level backup so it's quite fast in both backup and recovery.
    • Consistent backup : Xtrabackup always ensures consistent backup.
    • Easy to configure and Use.
    • Integration with clouds
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    • The only feature that could use some improvement is partial backup restores. For example, I have a multi-tenant database at the schema level running on a single Percona Server instance. As a tenant grows too large for the share instance or becomes a noisy neighbour we need to move a the tenants schema to its own instance with minimal downtime, meaning that we would run the new instance as a replica with replication filters until failover. In terms of doing a consistent backup, there may be challenges and it is currently possible with XtraBackup, but it would be great if the process was simplified and ensured to be consistent.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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    Percona
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Percona
    Takes a bit of getting used to when you first set it up.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Percona
    If you pay for support it is great, otherwise you have to google.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Percona
    We have evaluated Mysqldump and MySQL Enterprise backup. Mysqldump is not a scalable solution. MEB is a paid and closed source. As we are truly open-source, we were looking for an open-source solution that was reliable and scalable. Xtrbackup has all the required features to fulfill our requirements.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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    Percona
    • Secure, reliable, fast and consistent backups. Open source with zero cost.
    • We satisfy our regulatory requirements.
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