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IBM Netezza Performance Server Reviews & Product Details

Integrates database, server, storage and analytics into a single system with petabyte scalability. Fast analytics Provides a high-performance, massively parallel system that enables you to gain insight from your data and perform analytics on very large data volumes. Smart, efficient queries Simplifies analytics by consolidating all activity in one place, where the data resides. Simplified infrastructure Easy to deploy and manage; simplifies your data warehouse and analytic infrastructure. Does not require tuning, indexing or aggregated tables and needs minimal administration. Advanced security Enhanced data security is provided through self-encrypting drives as well as support for the Kerberos authentication protocol. Integrated platform Supports thousands of users, unifying data warehouse, Hadoop and business intelligence with advanced analytics.

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IBM Netezza Performance Server Community

Product Description

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a purpose-built, standards-based data warehouse and analytics appliance that integrates database, server, storage and analytics into an easy-to-manage system. It is designed for high-speed analysis of big data volumes, scaling into the petabytes.

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Mila Kantcheva (Digital Transformation | Strategy and Operations)

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

5 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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Sai Ishwarya C.

Data Analyst & Business Intelligence Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/24/2020

"Netezza is a great datawarehouse application and easy to use."

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The only issue is that it's not expandable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server:

Scaling is the only recommendation that I can think of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Netezza Performance Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/19/2020

"well suited"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

well suited for use by a larger organization wanting to solve the business problems related to the collection, transformation, and dissemination of our company's business process information. It is not the solution for companies just wanting to run old queries fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Everything is good,

There is no particular thing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

aamir i.

Hadoop admin

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/6/2020

"Netezza warehouse administration review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The FPGA feature which makes the design unique and special compared to other warehouse tools like Teradata Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Although the appliance design was brilliant,we had faced issue in models like MAKO and Sniper about ghost sessions where session would not get kill until a clear restart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/24/2020

"Great experience with using Netezza and its user defined functions"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

UDF's, Massive Parallel Processing, FPGA's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Set up and dealing with updates in Netezza Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server:

I would highly recommend Netezza for customers who are dealing with large amounts of data. It is a fantastic tool for bulk inserts and comparing tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Netezza Performance Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problem that I solved was a big data problem. We had millions of rows in our database and I had to write some user defined functions custom to our business case. We were amazed by the throughput rate of Netezza. After having solved the problem in Hadoop with custom map reduce(It took around 22 hours) Netezza did it in 5 mins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Md. Omar F.

Software Architect

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/22/2020

"Fast and easy to manage DWA."

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Faster queries.

Export to excel for further analysis/usage.

Easy manageability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

It can be installed on Linux system not on a Windows system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server:

Faster performance is the key factor for coping with competitors. Netezza is faster and easy to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Netezza Performance Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used to use Netezza DWA for analyzing data loaded from different applications. This helped clients to make decisions easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aravind B.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/24/2020

"Used netezza on a basic level"

3/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Process speed and performance are good with netezza and it is IBM owned product which means stability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Complicated to learn netezza by own or practice. There is nothing much to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/21/2020

"Performance improvement"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Netezza Performance Server is delivered with the same load and go ease of use customers expect. No indexing or tuning is required, ensuring that the entire set of available nz utilities remains unchanged. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Cost is high for medium sized companies

We cannot use some of the functions like pivot etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/18/2020

"Fast and easy to manage DWA"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

UDFs, Massive Parallel Processing,FPGAs,Faster query execution,Easy to manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Supported by Linux based system but not on Windows based system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/24/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Excellent Performance"

3/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

It connects very well to different sources and handles node bifurcation in a wonderful way. Also you can connect this to other downstream Applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

I feel there are certain limitations with few sources like XML, Json Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server:

It's good and certainly worth your business.Give it a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Netezza Performance Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

I work Primarily with Datawarehousing projects and this tools enables me to execute my designs as well visualise it in a easier manner for me to analyse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/24/2020

"Great tool,makes life of BI developers easy"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

It's an easy to use tool. With a simplistic approach ,you can get all your complex tasks accomplished ina short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Few shortcuts which are right now missing in the GUI if added would make this a perfect tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Netezza Performance Server:

Highly recommended Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Netezza Performance Server solving and how is that benefiting you?

I help clients provide a clear understanding of there historical data , insights to there data from which they can make some informed business decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.