Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs IBM Spectrum Computing comparison

"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there are a lot of things that need to improve. I believe they are working on that."

"We're now able to store large volumes of data through Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop. We're able to push large volumes of data to the platform, and that used to be a challenge, especially when storing a terabyte of information. This is the area where Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop improved the organization."

"The most valuable feature is that I can use CDH for almost all use cases across all industries, including the financial sector, public sector, private retailers, and so on."

"The file system is a valuable feature."

"CDH has a wide variety of proprietary tools that we use, like Impala. So from that perspective, it's quite useful as opposed to something open-source. We get a lot of value from Cloudera's proprietary tools."

"It has the best proxy, security, and support features compared to open-source products."

"The tool's most interesting features are the distributed file system and unstructured data processing capability. Because we have a lot of unstructured data, like XML and social media logs, these features make it more valuable than the usual data warehousing solutions."

"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."

"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."

"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."

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

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

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

"Easy to operate and use."

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

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

"The initial setup of Cloudera is difficult."

"The tool's ability to be deployed on a cloud model is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The dashboard could be improved."

"There are better solutions out there that have more features than this one."

"This is a very expensive solution."

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

"It is quite complicated to configure and install. Integrating the platform into an information system is always a challenge, especially when starting with on-premise implementation."

"If they could support modifying the data more easily than the current implementation, it would be beneficial."

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

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

"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."

"We have not been able to use deduplication."

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

"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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

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

"The tool is not expensive."

"The pricing must be improved."

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

"The solution is fairly expensive."

"I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."

"I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."

"It is an expensive product."

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

"This solution is expensive."

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