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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse, Oracle Exadata, and TIBCO Live Datamart based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse integrates beautifully with other Microsoft ecosystem products.""It performs very well overall.""It handles high volumes of data very well.""The solution has been reliable.""The solution's integration is good.""​It has allowed fast daily loads and analysis of millions of rows of data, which eventually moved to near real-time.​""The most valuable feature is the business intelligence (BI) part of it.""It is not a pricey product compared to other data warehouse solutions."

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"The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is the smart scan. We have large TB sessions of approximately 100 per second for each of our three instances. The smart scan allows us the obtain data in time in the enterprise manager.""We have used this solution for a long period of time so it has become easy for us to query any kind of data from Oracle Exadata which has been valuable.""Exadata with the In-Memory option is several levels about SAP HANA.""Parallelism is the most valuable feature.""The most valuable feature is storage offloading.""What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution.""Exadata's best features are its performance during redo logging and the elasticity of the database handling.""Oracle has reliable solutions and this one is no different."

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"You can create your own rules that include mathematic calculations.""The solution has a powerful aggregating feature"

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Cons
"The product does not have all of the features that the native products have.""It could be made more user-friendly for business users which would increase the user base.""They need to incorporate a machine learning engine.""I think that the error messages need to be made more specific.""The feature updates on the on-premise solution come very slowly, and it would be great if they came faster.""SQL installation is pretty tricky. The scalability and customer support also should be improved.""The solution is expensive and has room for improvement.""Some compatibility issues occur during deployment, so we need to build the product from scratch for some features."

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"There is room for improvement with the handling of the Temp IO, which is often used for JOIN statements.""It is difficult to evaluate return-on-investment because of the way billing is handled for the product. This should be improved by oracle.""One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level.""Setting up Exadata is complex. You need an Oracle vendor or someone who is Oracle-certified to set it up.""We used the support from Oracle Exadata to complete the implementation.""Oracle Exadata could improve by having faster data retrieval. We receive data at four or five seconds and want to reduce that number to one second.""There is a feature for security, but it is not included in the first purchase of this solution. That means if you need to increase the security, you need to buy the security feature which doesn't come by default on these solutions.""The technical support is in need of improvement."

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"Improvements need to be made on the load balancing side.""The solution's setup could be quicker and easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I think the program is well-priced compared to the other offerings that are out in the market."
  • "Microsoft has an agreement with the government in our country, so our customers get their licensing costs from the Ministry. Whenever we work with any government, company, or government institute, which is mainly what we are doing, that license comes directly from the Ministry of Technology and Information."
  • "All the features that we use do not require any additional subscription or yearly fees."
  • "Technical support is an additional fee and is expensive."
  • "The solution's pricing is fairly decent for organizations with huge data sizes."
  • "The tool could be expensive if we need to manage a lot of data."
  • "They offer an annual subscription. The pricing depends on the size of the environments."
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  • "In the sizing phase, you can also decide whether to license all cores, or reduce the number cores using capacity-on-demand features of Exadata, as well. This has a direct impact on licensing."
  • "The Initial investment price could use improvement"
  • "I think it's free."
  • "The price is very high."
  • "Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution."
  • "Oracle is always costly but it's fine."
  • "It is an expensive product and you pay more for certain performance enhancements."
  • "All things considered, the price of this product is fairly high, as is always the case with Oracle."
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  • "The solution might be considered a bit expensive because it competes with open-source products."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse provides good firewall processing in terms of response time.
    Top Answer:They offer an annual subscription. The pricing depends on the size of the environments.
    Top Answer:Sometimes, the product requires rolling back to its previous version during a software update. This particular area… more »
    Top Answer:It is the best solution for OLTP and data warehousing.
    Top Answer:The solution’s cost is a little bit more than the traditional databases. Less cost would enable most customers to choose… more »
    Top Answer:Patching must be simplified. We have various levels of patching in the solution. Most of them are online, split into… more »
    Top Answer:You can create your own rules that include mathematic calculations.
    Top Answer:The solution might be considered a bit expensive because it competes with open-source products. In comparison to Azure… more »
    Top Answer:The solution's setup could be quicker and easier. IT experts are required from the server side. Advanced users can… more »
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    Also Known As
    Microsoft PDW, SQL Server Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, MS Parallel Data Warehouse
    Streambase, TIBCO LiveView Data Mart
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    Overview

    The traditional structured relational data warehouse was never designed to handle the volume of exponential data growth, the variety of semi-structured and unstructured data types, or the velocity of real time data processing. Microsoft's SQL Server data warehouse solution integrates your traditional data warehouse with non-relational data and it can handle data of all sizes and types, with real-time performance.

    Oracle Exadata allows enterprises to run any Oracle Database workload with the highest performance, scale, availability, and security on fully compatible cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Exadata uses a scale-out design with unique optimizations that include persistent memory, SQL query offload, and built-in resource management to optimize performance for OLTP, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads running in consolidated environments. By running hundreds or thousands of optimized Autonomous Database and Exadata Database instances on Exadata Cloud or Cloud@Customer infrastructure, customers are able to minimize their infrastructure, reduce management, improve developer productivity, and lower total costs by up to 40%, as described in Wikibon’s analysis (PDF).

    The main benefit of Exadata is its speed. It hosts operating systems, CPU memory, and hard drives. It runs all types of databases, including online transaction systems, processors, and data warehouses, while remedying the poor performances of older databases.

    Oracle Exadata features a simple and fast database storage system that protects and backs up your critical data. It accelerates data warehouse performance for faster access to business information and data. It is the ideal database solution for companies looking to build up their infrastructure from scratch.

    Oracle Exadata Database Machine Key Benefits

    • Rapid, reliable, and scalable deployment: Exadata is the most cost-efficient and highest performance platform for running Oracle databases. Exadata’s deployment is very straightforward since the database servers, storage servers, and network are pre-configured, pre-tuned and pre-tested by Oracle experts. This ensures that all your components work seamlessly together. Any Oracle Database application can be seamlessly migrated to and from the Exadata Database Machine, with no changes to the original application.

    • Powerful, cutting-edge hardware: Exadata is the most versatile database platform. It uses powerful database servers and a scaled-out, intelligent storage layer.

    • Accelerate database processing: Exadata Storage Server implements a unique, highly efficient database-optimized storage infrastructure that enables Exadata’s unparalleled performance without any of the bottlenecks that traditional storage experiences. Each storage server contains CPU processors that are used to offload database processing. The CPUs in the storage servers do not replace database CPUs, but work alongside them to accelerate database workloads.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Oracle Exadata stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust performance and its wide variety of database features that make it a comprehensive database solution.

    Adriano S., an IT system integrator at a financial services firm, writes, "Oracle Exadata's performance is one of its best features. We are very satisfied with it. The previous equipment used to make a payment for all the government employees used to take at least two days for some of the transactions. Now, it will take hours to make the same amount of payments. Another thing is the flexibility to organize all our databases. We can use it with new features that come with this version of Oracle 19c, which is the container database. With container databases, we can work with many databases, organized, and segregated, and still access the functions and management, the things that most of the technical people like to have in place."

    Paulo X., a sales manager at LTA-RH Informatica, notes, "Regarding features, there are so many that we can offer to customers. When we sell Exadata Cloud, there are many options to choose from, especially when it comes to enterprise database options. In my experience, the main features that are appreciated are various ones like GPS and the assortment of security options."

    TIBCO Live Datamart is the industry’s first ultra fast continuous query processing engine made for live operational intelligence. It supports real-time data from anywhere, consumes live streaming data, and can connect to historical data in monolithic and edge systems by using either included data adapters or by leveraging the TIBCO integration platform. With its real-time computations against high-speed streaming data and continuous pushing of results to live queries, TIBCO Live Datamart offers users faster time to actionable insight and automated action. 

    Sample Customers
    Auckland Transport, Erste Bank Group, Urban Software Institute, NJVC, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Tata Steel Europe
    PayPal, EBS, Organic Food Retailer, Garmin, University of Minnesota, Major Semiconductor Company, Deutsche Bank, Starwood, Ziraat Bank, SK Telecom, and P&G.
    Aerospace Corporation, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services, Banco Sabadell, Bolton Borough Council
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Healthcare Company18%
    Hospitality Company12%
    Pharma/Biotech Company12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Insurance Company7%
    University6%
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    Financial Services Firm24%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Insurance Company16%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Energy/Utilities Company5%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise51%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise61%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise74%
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