Amazon EMR vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

"It allows users to access the data through a web interface."

"It has a variety of options and support systems."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

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

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

"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 initial setup is straightforward."

"This is the best tool for hosts and it's really flexible and scalable."

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

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

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

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

"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."

"Easy to operate and use."

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

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

"Amazon EMR is continuously improving, but maybe something like CI/CD out-of-the-box or integration with Prometheus Grafana."

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

"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."

"The problem for us is it starts very slow."

"The solution can become expensive if you are not careful."

"There is room for improvement in pricing."

"The initial setup was time-consuming."

"We have not been able to use deduplication."

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

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

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

"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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

"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."

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

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

"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive."

"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."

"Amazon EMR's price is reasonable."

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

"The cost of Amazon EMR is very high."

"Amazon EMR is not very expensive."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

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

"This solution is expensive."