We performed a comparison between Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse and Oracle Database Appliance 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."Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse provides good firewall processing in terms of response time."
"One of the most important features is the ease of using MS SQL."
"It is a very stable database."
"Tools like the BI and SAS are excellent."
"It is not a pricey product compared to other data warehouse solutions."
"Data collection and reporting are valuable features of the solution."
"We have complete control over our data."
"I am very satisfied with the customer service/technical support."
"The product’s valuable feature is its capability to pre-configure and pre-install the settings."
"Oracle has good technical support."
"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 most valuable feature of Oracle Database Appliance is the ease of management."
"Oracle Database Appliance is a stable solution. We have clients that have been running it for 10 years."
"The performance of the system is the solution's most valuable aspect. In combination with the database, it gives perfect results. It's a better system than using other kinds of integrated systems. In general, the ODA control is much simpler to use and offers up the best performance."
"The solution is simple to use and easy to maintain."
"Easy management (it saves a lot of installation and patching time)."
"It could offer more development across the solution."
"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."
"The feature updates on the on-premise solution come very slowly, and it would be great if they came faster."
"The product must provide more frequent updates."
"We'd like to see it be a bit more compatible with other solutions."
"I would like the tool to support different operating systems."
"Since we don't have the room to scale up, I rate this solution a six out of ten for scalability."
"Virtualization needs improvement. It's not easy to back up the virtual machines in the Oracle VM architecture. I would also like to see native support for Veeam Backup Software."
"The product is quite complex to set up, initially. It would be ideal if it was simpler."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"It would be beneficial to have dedicated RAM included in the Oracle Database Appliance."
"In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing."
"The setup is a bit complex."
"We would like the ability to add more storage without having to upgrade to Oracle Exadata."
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Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is ranked 8th in Data Warehouse with 32 reviews while Oracle Database Appliance is ranked 6th in Data Warehouse with 39 reviews. Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is rated 7.6, while Oracle Database Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse writes "An easy to setup tool that allows its users to write stored procedure, making it a scalable product". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database Appliance writes "Simplifies database management tasks and provides high availability and disaster recovery". Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse is most compared with Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, Oracle Exadata, SAP BW4HANA, VMware Tanzu Greenplum and Snowflake, whereas Oracle Database Appliance is most compared with Oracle Exadata, VMware Tanzu Greenplum, Dremio, Actian Ingres and Vertica. See our Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse vs. Oracle Database Appliance report.
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