IBM Netezza Performance Server vs Oracle Database Appliance comparison

IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Oracle Database Appliance

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Netezza Performance Server

Ranking in Data Warehouse

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Database Appliance

Ranking in Data Warehouse

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of IBM Netezza Performance Server is 4.0%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database Appliance is 5.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Shemal Gandhi

Lead Oracle DBA | IBM Neteeza Admin | Consultant at Capgemini

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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AdnanNaseem

Senior Database Administrator at Techlogix

Offers built-in utilities and tools that simplify management

Oracle often releases updated versions of Database Appliance with improvements. However, I think Oracle should focus on further automating database management and IT-related tasks, such as backups. They've made progress with daily database stat automation, which is a good feature. Moreover, every product benefits from new functionality over time. I would like to see a centralized terminal where we can easily manage the database and its components with drag-and-drop functionality instead of relying solely on commands. So, I would like to see a centralized dashboard. Other areas of improvement include customer service and support, and scalability.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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."

"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 most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution."

"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 most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."

"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."

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"We primarily use it for OLTP, which has improved our costs."

"I give it a nine out of 10 because it gives the customer easy access to a complete database solution within 30 minutes."

"The main feature is the management and manageability of the tool. We can create a VM on a laptop within a couple of clicks."

"We value the appliance architecture with its “everything-in-a-box” highly standardized setup."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to combine all the data without the need for additional devices."

"If the database goes down on one of the servers, the load is automatically shifted to another server. You can troubleshoot the one that is down without affecting uptime."

"The solution is simple to use and easy to maintain."

"The most valuable features of the solution revolve around its performance, simplicity, and its installation phase."

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Cons

"The only issue is that it's not expandable."

"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."

"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."

"Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."

"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."

"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."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."

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"The tool's setup can be easier."

"The setup is a bit complex."

"The product is quite complex to set up, initially. It would be ideal if it was simpler."

"Oracle's product support is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"It isn't as popular as AWS, GCP, or Azure as it lacks scalability and cloud-native services like containerization."

"Sometimes, we cannot upgrade or patch it easily. The performance needs to improve."

"The solution's initial setup is not easy."

"I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It has some problems. Databases are huge. This leads to needing more and more RAM and capacity resources, making it hard to scale. Because of this, we use Exadata. That's definitely a point for improvement."

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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."

"The solution may be expensive, but when we consider the problems it solves, the stability it provides, and the fact that we don't have to buy separate parts and assemble them into a system, it becomes more affordable."

"The solution's pricing is very high."

"The product is costly."

"You must pay for the license."

"Oracle Database Application's support and maintenance are included in the contract."

"In regards to licensing, it is cheaper to maintain for Oracle applications, and it's an all-in-one solution."

"The price should be lower."

"I don’t know ODA and alternative system prices. But Oracle the database license is quite expensive and a lot of my customers plan to migrate to open source databases like PostgreSQL."

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Comparison Review

it_user232068

Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

73%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.

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.

What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.

What do you like most about Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle Database Appliance provides high stability.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database Appliance?

Oracle solutions are a bit overpriced, especially for small or medium businesses. I would prefer a slightly lower price point.

What needs improvement with Oracle Database Appliance?

All improvements for ODA are already applied or enhanced in Exadata. ODA is mainly for small businesses or limited businesses and is used predominantly for database warehouses and not for OLTP data...

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Also Known As

Netezza Performance Server, Netezza

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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.

Oracle Database Appliance is the easiest and most affordable way for small or medium-size organizations to run Oracle databases and applications and is an ideal platform for remote and edge computing environments. Customers reduce Oracle Database deployment times and management workloads using a prebuilt integrated system with management automation. As demonstrated in IDC’s business value study (PDF), Oracle Database Appliance lets customers grow revenue and control costs, delivering up to a 498% return on investment (ROI) over five years.

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IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Oracle Database Appliance