Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

"The product as a whole is good."

"I don't see any performance issues."

"Cloudera, as a whole, is designed to provide organizations with solutions for big data."

"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."

"In terms of scalability, if you have enough hardware you can scale out. Scalability doesn't have any issues."

"It is helpful to gather and process data."

"The search function is the most valuable aspect of the solution."

"The file system is a valuable feature."

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

"Easy to operate and use."

"The best features of IBM Spectrum Computing are common across many of their storage products."

"IBM's ability to cluster compute resources is impressive, with built-in support for scenarios like VR and active-active configurations,"

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

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

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

"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."

"The one thing that we struggled with predominately was support. Because it was relatively new, support was always a big issue and I think it's still a bit of an ongoing concern with the team currently managing it."

"It is quite complicated to configure and install."

"The areas of improvement depend on the scale of the project. For banking customers, security features and an essential budget for commercial licenses would be the top priority. Data regulation could be the most crucial for a project with extensive data or an extra use case."

"Cloudera's support is extremely bad and cannot be relied on."

"Without the big data environment, we cannot store all of this data live. We have billions of records and terabytes of storage to be used. It's not an option actually for us to have a big data environment."

"It could be faster and more user-friendly."

"I would like to see an improvement in how the solution helps me to handle the whole cluster."

"It would be useful if Cloudera had more tools like SQL Engines that offer the traditional relational database. We have to do a lot of work preparing the data outside Cloudera before getting it into the platform."

"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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

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

"We have not been able to use deduplication."

"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."

"The deduplication software isn't quite up to speed with the market."

"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."

"It is an expensive product."

"The price could be better for the product."

"The product’s price depends from project to project."

"Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."

"When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing must be improved."

"I believe we pay for a three-year license."

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

"This solution is expensive."