Amazon EMR vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

"One of the valuable features about this solution is that it's managed services, so it's pretty stable, and scalable as much as you wish. It has all the necessary distributions. With some additional work, it's also possible to change to a Spark version with the latest version of EMR. It also has Hudi, so we are leveraging Apache Hudi on EMR for change data capture, so then it comes out-of-the-box in EMR."

"The ability to resize the cluster is what really makes it stand out over other Hadoop and big data solutions."

"Amazon EMR provides out-of-the-box functionality because we can deploy and get Spark functionality over Hadoop."

"We are using applications, such as Splunk, Livy, Hadoop, and Spark. We are using all of these applications in Amazon EMR and they're helping us a lot."

"In Amazon EMR it is easy to rebuild anything, easy to upgrade and has good fault tolerance."

"The security of the managed workflow and the managed services are the best features for us. Since we inherited their security model and it's all managed services, those are the key benefits for our clients."

"The solution helps us manage huge volumes of data."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

"Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis."

"This solution is working for both VTL and tape."

"The comparison was challenging, but the IBM Spectrum Scale offered a balanced solution. Our engineers rated itsanalytics capabilities equally high as Pure Storage. For workload management, Spectrum Computing provided effective solutions that met our needs. Workload management is part of a complete solution that uses different tools. There were the cloud and HPC parts; within HPC, there were parts like liquid cooling, simple computing, storage, and orchestration. The orchestration team handled the workload management."

"We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues."

"The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers."

"I have utilized IBM Spectrum Computing's intelligent workload management feature through Insights, which is connected to the cloud."

"Easy to operate and use."

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

"The product's features for storing data in static clusters could be better."

"Spark jobs take longer on Amazon EMR compared to previous experiences."

"Amazon EMR can improve by adding some features, such as megastore services and HiveServer2. Additionally, the user interface could be better, similar to what Apache service provides, cross-platform services."

"The dashboard management could be better. Right now, it's lacking a bit."

"Modules and strategies should be better handled and notified early in advance."

"There is room for improvement in pricing."

"I feel some lack of functionality in Amazon EMR."

"There were times where they would release new versions and it seemed to end up breaking old versions, which is very strange."

"SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing."

"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."

"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

"Spectrum Computing is lagging behind other products, most likely because it hasn't been shifted to the cloud."

"IBM's sales and support structure can be challenging."

"We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning."

"The deduplication software isn't quite up to speed with the market. While IBM has excellent compression technology, specifically on their FlashCore modules, they lag behind competitors such as NetApp in deduplication capabilities."

"In Pakistan, IBM's disadvantage is the lack of OEM support and presence."

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten. It can be expensive since it's a managed service, and if you are not careful, you can run into unexpected charges. You can make a mistake that costs you tens of thousands of dollars. That's happened to us twice, so I'm sensitive to it. We're still trying to work on that. Our smallest client probably spends a hundred thousand dollars yearly on licensing, while our largest is well over a million."

"There is no need to pay extra for third-party software."

"You don't need to pay for licensing on a yearly or monthly basis, you only pay for what you use, in terms of underlying instances."

"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."

"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."

"The cost of Amazon EMR is very high."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"There is a small fee for the EMR system, but major cost components are the underlying infrastructure resources which we actually use."

"This solution is expensive."

"Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."