We performed a comparison between Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop and IBM Spectrum Computing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Hadoop solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"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."
"With a cluster available, you can manage the security layer using the shared SDX - it provides flexibility."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the enterprise data platform."
"The file system is a valuable feature."
"The features I find most valuable is that the solution is that it is easy to install and to work with. It starts with the installation and from there on the management is very simple and centralized."
"The data science aspect of the solution is valuable."
"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."
"This solution is working for both VTL and tape."
"The most valuable feature is the backup capability."
"Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis."
"Easy to operate and use."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers."
"We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues."
"This is a very expensive solution."
"They should focus on upgrading their technical capabilities in the market."
"The solution is not fit for on-premise distributions."
"There are better solutions out there that have more features than this one."
"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."
"We experienced many issues when we started working with Hadoop 3.0 in the Cloudera 6.0 version, so there is a lot of things that need to improve."
"While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties."
"The price of this solution could be lowered."
"We have not been able to use deduplication."
"Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish."
"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."
"We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning."
"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."
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Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is ranked 2nd in Hadoop with 47 reviews while IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 7th in Hadoop with 6 reviews. Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is rated 8.0, while IBM Spectrum Computing is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop writes "Good end-to-end security features and we like that it's cloud independent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Computing writes "Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support ". Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is most compared with Amazon EMR, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, Apache Spark, Cassandra and ScyllaDB, whereas IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark and HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. See our Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Spectrum Computing report.
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