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We performed a comparison between Oracle Exadata and VMware Tanzu Greenplum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Exadata vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"This product can noticeably enhance performance of contextual Oracle databases.""The product is flexible.""The tool's performance is good.""Exadata's best features are its performance during redo logging and the elasticity of the database handling.""What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution.""We can use virtualization on Exadata.""The storage capacity and the performance of Oracle Exadata are good. When comparing the performance to other technologies it is very good. I am satisfied with the management of the solution.""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."

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"Scalability is simple because it's an MPP database. If you need more processing power or you need more storage, you just add a few more nodes in the cluster. It works on common commodity hardware. You can use any type of server. You don't need to have proprietary hardware. It's fairly flexible.""A very good, open-source platform.""We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database.""Very fast for query processing.""The loading speed is very good.""The parallel load features mean that Greenplum is capable of high-volume data loading in parallel to all of the cluster segments, which is really valuable.""Tanzu Greenplum's most valuable features include the integration of modern data science approaches across an MPP platform.""With VMware Tanzu Greenplum, one can make a huge database table and analyze the queries by adding in the SQL command. Some hint or command for the query goes over the multi-parallel execution."

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Cons
"Setting up Exadata is complex. You need an Oracle vendor or someone who is Oracle-certified to set it up.""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 scalability can be improved as it is not a parallel execution.""The technical support is in need of improvement.""It's too expensive per terabyte. It's complex.""Patching must be simplified.""Oracle Exadata could improve the monitoring system in the enterprise manager, it could be more user-friendly. In most Oracle tools there is a lot of functionality, and sometimes you need to do five or six clicks to find metrics, and sometimes it's a waste of time.""A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata is that it's not very easy to use in a microservices environment. It's not easy to split databases, and if this was easier to do in Oracle Exadata, it would make the solution better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Exadata is for it to become more modular, so you can use it in a context where the data layer is spread between many independent services."

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"VMware Tanzu Greenplum needs improvement in the memory area and improved methods for quick access to the disc. So, one of the quick goals of Greenplum must work on enhancing access to the disc by adding hints in the database.""They need to enhance integration with other Big Data products... to integrate with Big Data platforms, and to open a bi-directional connection between Greenplum and Big Data.""they need to interact more with customers. They need to explain the features, especially when there are new releases of Greenplum. I know just from information I've found that it has other features, it can be used to for analytics, for integration with Big Data, Hadoop. They need to focus on this part with the customer.""The installation is difficult and should be made easier.""We would like to see Greenplum maintain a closer relationship with and parity to features implemented in PostgreSQL.""Implementation takes a long time.""Tanzu Greenplum's compression for GPText could be made more efficient.""It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."
  • "Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."
  • "We are using the open-source version of this solution."
  • "Tanzu Greenplum's pricing is really competitive and gives excellent value for money."
  • "It’s an open-source solution."
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    Answers from the Community
    Anonymous User
    Bill Porter - PeerSpot reviewerBill Porter
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    Hi @JohnSmith130,


    You might want to take a look at Smart Data Frameworks at https://smart-associates.biz/p...


    SDF has been used in various migration projects and we have sufficient knowledge of both your source and target to have a sensible conversation about your requirements if you’re interested.


    Thanks

    Questions from the Community
    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 the product.
    Top Answer:Patching must be simplified. We have various levels of patching in the solution. Most of them are online, split into various components. A single way of patching would be better.
    Top Answer:It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.
    Top Answer:Maintenance is time-consuming. It takes time to VACUUM and ANALYZE the tables to remove the fragmentations.
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    Overview

    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."

    VMware Tanzu Greenplum is a massively parallel processing (MPP) data platform that enables organizations to store, manage, and analyze large volumes of data. It provides a unified analytics platform that supports various data types and sources, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. 

    The solution is highly scalable and can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid environments. It includes advanced security features, high availability, and disaster recovery capabilities to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity. Tanzu Greenplum provides a comprehensive set of tools and services for building, deploying, and managing modern applications.

    Sample Customers
    PayPal, EBS, Organic Food Retailer, Garmin, University of Minnesota, Major Semiconductor Company, Deutsche Bank, Starwood, Ziraat Bank, SK Telecom, and P&G.
    General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Exadata vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle Exadata vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Oracle Exadata is ranked 2nd in Data Warehouse with 124 reviews while VMware Tanzu Greenplum is ranked 9th in Data Warehouse with 36 reviews. Oracle Exadata is rated 8.4, while VMware Tanzu Greenplum is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Oracle Exadata writes "Very fast, scalable, stable, and demonstrates good performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu Greenplum writes "Very efficient at large scale analytics; lacks inbuilt machine-learning functions for complex use cases". Oracle Exadata is most compared with Oracle Database Appliance, Teradata, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Snowflake and Vertica, whereas VMware Tanzu Greenplum is most compared with Vertica, Oracle Database Appliance, Apache Hadoop, Snowflake and Teradata. See our Oracle Exadata vs. VMware Tanzu Greenplum report.

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