SAP PowerDesigner Stability
SAP PowerDesigner is a stable tool, so it's an eight out of ten.
View full review »Sometimes the server goes down and I am not able to use the tools. The solution could be more stable.
View full review »It's a stable system. It never crashes. The only thing to look out for is if you're using low-end machines for repository services. However, that's the problem on your end. That's not the fault of the product. We do not recommend a low-configuration machine. There needs to be a minimum configuration of two CPUs, which is the machine they recommend. Depending on the load, you have to increase that. When you purchase the product, you will get a technical assessment for the installation. At that time, you can mention the requirements, and they will give you guidance on what machine type you can use.
I'd rate the general stability an eight out of ten.
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It is a stable solution, and I rate the stability a seven out of ten. We were initially facing technical issues due to authentication only. Aside from that, there were scenarios where we could not check in because we had to check in our models only using the checked-out models. We could copy our models, create a new copy, and then check in. So there are some technical things that developers should understand because you have to check in the model, but you cannot check in the same model with a different identity.
There will be a different number that the schedule gets generated for each model, and you can rename a new model and try to check in, but it will not. So, developers should know how to use the tool rather than guessing and playing. There were scenarios where other colleagues faced other issues, but I believe most issues we faced were related to authentication. Aside from that, we have not faced any major issues.
View full review »Stability is around 8 to 9 out of 10.
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Oussama Yahyaoui
IT/IS architecture at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
It is quite stable. The tool is widely used among big companies here in France and North Africa. It has evolved through the years. When it comes to stability, I would give it a ten out of ten.
View full review »SAP PowerDesigner is a highly stable solution. I have been using this solution in many different companies for over five years with no stability concerns.
I rate the stability of SAP PowerDesigner a ten out of ten.
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reviewer1977570
Data Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees
We have experienced one issue with stability which was connected to licensing. For two or three days, nobody could get in and use the tool. Assuming we do not experience a similar incident, I would rate them a seven or eight out of ten for stability. We are no longer signed up for support from Power Designer and so we have needed to determine our own workarounds in these situations which takes some time.
Stability-wise, SAP PowerDesigner is a seven out of ten.
View full review »This solution is stable but only on local devices. I have had some issues with the Citrix Server. For example, the solution has worked well when we have had users on holiday and when not running at full capacity. However, when our full operation is running, PowerDesigner does not perform well.
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Carel Van Der Merwe
CEO at Abellard
Yes, it's stable, and I haven't found any bugs. Provided that my work files are stored in the cloud, I can access all the models from both my laptop and desktop computers without a problem. The way that they've designed access to the models is quite good.
View full review »I rate the stability of SAP PowerDesigner a seven out of ten.
View full review »It is a very stable solution, but we have big issues if we try to bring in FSLDM. I'm sure Power Designer can handle it, but I think it drops the links because FSLDM is such a huge model. You can't always trust it because FSLDM was not developed in Power Designer.
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Fraven Ang
Manager, Data Architecture at DFS Singapore Pte Ltd
From the performance perspective, I think the tool is pretty stable. The only issue might be on the loading of the model which depends on how complex your model is. You need to be careful of those with a lot of relationships and you need to add other models when you load it in the web portal, and that can slow things down. In general, the solution is stable but it depends on your configuration. I don't have many crashes.
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reviewer1365882
Senior Principal IT Architect -- MDM Architecture at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
If you're just modeling on one computer such as your desktop, or your client's computer, then it is very stable. However, if you are not on your company's network and you are checking in models from a remote location then there can be problems.
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Carel Van Der Merwe
CEO at Abellard
PowerDesigner is definitely stable. I have been using it for a long time and I have had no crashes. It just works.
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Moetez Ben Salah
Data Consultant at SCS
The solution is stable.
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MichaelRaz
DA with 1,001-5,000 employees
SAP PowerDesigner is a stable solution. I would say the quality of the software is good. No issues, visibility is very high, and almost no problems.
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Moorthy Natarajan
Chief Architect at Imagic Consultancy Limited
The solution is quite stable. We haven't had any issues in that regard.
View full review »It is a very stable solution, which is one of the advantages of using PowerDesigner, especially in big databases.
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reviewer1318779
Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is very stable.
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reviewer979872
Principal Data Management Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
SAP PowerDesigner is fairly stable.
View full review »The solution is stable.
View full review »The product is very stable, even with no maintenance updates to purchase. There were a few bugs I have found, which I just learned to work around.
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Peter Vlekkekn
Team leader and Data / Information Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I haven't had any feedback from clients that would make me believe that there are stability issues.
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reviewer1477701
Data Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
PowerDesigner is a stable solution.
View full review »No issues encountered.
View full review »No issues with stability.
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