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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.
To learn more, read our detailed Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Spectrum Computing Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It has the best proxy, security, and support features compared to open-source products.""The data science aspect of the solution is valuable.""Cloudera is a very manageable solution with good support.""The scalability of Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is excellent.""The file system is a valuable feature.""I don't see any performance issues.""The search function is the most valuable aspect of the solution.""Customer service and support were able to fix whatever the issue was."

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"The most valuable feature is the backup capability.""Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis.""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 solution is working for both VTL and tape.""Easy to operate and use."

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Cons
"The procedure for operations could be simplified.""Currently, we are using many other tools such as Spark and Blade Job to improve the performance.""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.""The price of this solution could be lowered.""While the deployed product is generally functional, there are instances where it presents difficulties.""The pricing needs to improve.""The dashboard could be improved.""It would be useful if Cloudera had more tools like SQL Engines that offer the traditional relational database. We have to do a lot of work preparing the data outside Cloudera before getting it into the platform."

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"This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly.""We have not been able to use deduplication.""Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish.""SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "When comparing with Oracle Sybase and SQL, it's cheaper. It's not expensive."
  • "The price could be better for the product."
  • "I haven't bought a license for this solution. I'm only using the Apache license version."
  • "Cloudera requires a license to use."
  • "Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is expensive, with support costs involved."
  • "I wouldn't recommend CDH to others because of its high cost."
  • "The price is very high. The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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  • "This solution is expensive."
  • "Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We had a data warehouse before all the data. We can process a lot more data structures.
    Top Answer:The product comes with an annual subscription, which is expensive. They are bundling technologies together. You have to pay an extra cost if you need the technology out of the base license.
    Top Answer:This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
    Top Answer:The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
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    Overview
    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is the world's most complete, tested, and popular distribution of Apache Hadoop and related projects. CDH is 100% Apache-licensed open source and is the only Hadoop solution to offer unified batch processing, interactive SQL, and interactive search, and role-based access controls. More enterprises have downloaded CDH than all other such distributions combined.

    IBM Spectrum Computing uses intelligent workload and policy-driven resource management to optimize resources across the data center, on premises and in the cloud. Now up to 150X faster and scalable to over 160,000 cores, IBM provides you with the latest advances in software-defined infrastructure to help you unleash the power of your distributed mission-critical high performance computing (HPC), analytics and big data applications as well as a new generation open source frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

    Sample Customers
    37signals, Adconion,adgooroo, Aggregate Knowledge, AMD, Apollo Group, Blackberry, Box, BT, CSC
    London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Insurance Company15%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Educational Organization9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider31%
    Media Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Company Size
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Spectrum Computing
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Spectrum Computing and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is ranked 1st in Hadoop with 15 reviews while IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 7th in Hadoop with 2 reviews. Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is rated 7.8, 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 "One of the best tools in the data management and services area". Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop is most compared with Amazon EMR, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric, Apache Spark, Cassandra and MongoDB, whereas IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and IBM Turbonomic. See our Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop vs. IBM Spectrum Computing report.

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