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IBM Netezza Performance Server vs Netezza Analytics comparison

The compared IBM Netezza Performance Server and Netezza Analytics solutions aren't in the same category. IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked #12 in Data Warehouse , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 4.0% mindshare in the category. Netezza Analytics is ranked #11 in H , and holds a 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of IBM Netezza Performance Server users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Netezza Analytics users who would recommend it.
IBM Netezza Performance Server
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93% willing to recommend
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76% willing to recommend
 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Netezza Performance Server
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (12th)
Netezza Analytics
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM Netezza Performance Server and Netezza Analytics aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Netezza Performance Server is designed for Data Warehouse and holds a mindshare of 4.0%, up 4.0% compared to last year.
Netezza Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on Hadoop, holds 1.4% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.
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Featured Reviews

Shemal Gandhi - PeerSpot reviewer
A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing
The solution's maintenance is quite easy. One person is enough to maintain the solution. If you are using PostgreSQL as a database solution, then using IBM Netezza Performance Server is the logical choice since it is based on open-source Postgres. However, if you are using Oracle, data conversion can be tricky. So, in that case, you want to go ahead with Exadata. Overall, I rate IBM Netezza Performance Server a seven out of ten.
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Asish Govind - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable with limited administration needed but it's coming up on its end of life
I'm not sure if Netezza offers a cloud version of the solution or not, but if they don't they should. Most companies are focused on moving towards the cloud. If it was on a cloud it would offer certain scalability and performance aspects it can't offer as a physical appliance. I'm not sure of IBM's roadmap currently, as the solution is coming up on its end of life.
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Pros

"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that."
"Distribution concurrency control."
"The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product."
"The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."
"The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."
"The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."
"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."
"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."
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"The need for administration involvement is quite limited on the solution."
"It is a back end for our SSIS, MicroStrategy,, Tableau. All of these are connecting to get the data. To do so we are also using our analytics which is built on the data."
"Speed contributes to large capacity."
"The performance of the solution is its most valuable feature. The solution is easy to administer as well. It's very user-friendly. On the technical side, the architecture is simple to understand and you don't need too many administrators to handle the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"For me, as an end-user, everything that I do on the solution is simple, clear, and understandable."
"Data compression. It was relatively impressive. I think at some point we were getting 4:1 compression if not more."
 

Cons

"The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough."
"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that."
"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."
"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."
"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."
"The only issue is that it's not expandable."
"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."
"In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all."
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"This product is being discontinued from IBM, and I would like to have some kind of upgrade available."
"The Analytics feature should be simplified."
"The hardware has a risk of failure. They need to improve this."
"The solution could implement more reporting tools and networking utilities."
"Administration of this product is too tough. It's very complex because of the tools which it's missing."
"Disaster recovery support. Because it was an appliance, and if you wanted to support disaster recovery, you needed to buy two."
"In-DB processing with SAS Analytics, since this is supposed to be an analytics server so the expectation is there."
"The most valuable features of this solution are robustness and support."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."
"The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."
"Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."
"Expensive to maintain compared to other solutions."
"For me, mainly, it reduces my costs. It's not only the appliance cost. There are also support costs and a maintenance costs. It does reduce the costs very drastically."
"The annual licensing fees are twenty-two percent of the product cost."
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Comparison Review

it_user232068 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2015
Netezza vs. Teradata
Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…
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Answers from the Community

AJ
Jul 15, 2021
Jul 15, 2021
How to migrate from Netezza Analytics to Netezza Performance Server?
Hi, I currently have Mako appliances in production and a performance server in DR. We are able to do our normal NZBACKUP from Mako and NZRESTORE to our performance server
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EB
Apr 28, 2021
@Leonardo Salvino ​, perhaps you can help with some info?
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MS
Apr 29, 2021
Hi, I currently have Mako appliances in production and a performance server in DR.  We are able to do our normal NZBACKUP from Mako and NZRESTORE to our performance server
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
73%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
3%
Insurance Company
2%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?
IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Netezza Performance Server?
The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.
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What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?
Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.
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Overview

IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.
IBM Netezza Analytics is an embedded, purpose-built, advanced analytics platform that empowers analytic enterprises to meet and exceed their business demands. As features, it can predict with more accuracy, deliver predictions faster and respond rapidly to changes.
 

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