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    Apache Spark

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AApache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.N/A

    Cloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)

    Score4.9 out of 10
    N/ACDH is Cloudera’s 100% open source platform distribution, including Apache Hadoop and built specifically to meet enterprise demands. CDH delivers everything needed for enterprise use right out of the box. By integrating Hadoop with more than a dozen other critical open source projects, Cloudera has created a functionally advanced system that helps you perform end-to-end Big Data workflows.N/A
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    Apache SparkCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Considered Both Products
    Apache
    Chose Apache Spark
    • Apache Spark works in distributed mode using cluster
    • Informatica and Datastage cannot scale horizontally
    • We can write custom code in spark, whereas in Datastage and Informatica we can only choose the different features proivided already.
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    Cloudera
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudera Manager
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Cloudera Manager
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Hadoop
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apache SparkCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Apache SparkCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Well suited: To most of the local run of datasets and non-prod systems - scalability is not a problem at all. Including data from multiple types of data sources is an added advantage. MLlib is a decently nice built-in library that can be used for most of the ML tasks. Less appropriate: We had to work on a RecSys where the music dataset that we used was around 300+Gb in size. We faced memory-based issues. Few times we also got memory errors. Also the MLlib library does not have support for advanced analytics and deep-learning frameworks support. Understanding the internals of the working of Apache Spark for beginners is highly not possible.
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    Cloudera
    Cloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH) does a lot of things really well - especially on the analytical front. That being said the product is quite expensive. There are seemingly numerous applications that do the same thing on the functional level that are much more cost effecient for enterprise teams. If I were recommending this to a colleague I would let them know the product will absolutely be able to get the job done for their use case, but there are more efficient options
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    Pros
    Apache
    • Rich APIs for data transformation making for very each to transform and prepare data in a distributed environment without worrying about memory issues
    • Faster in execution times compare to Hadoop and PIG Latin
    • Easy SQL interface to the same data set for people who are comfortable to explore data in a declarative manner
    • Interoperability between SQL and Scala / Python style of munging data
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    Cloudera
    • Solid and robust set of integrations
    • Easy to use and easy to deploy across the enterprise
    • Reliability - never lost any info
    • Simple and clean interface
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    Cons
    Apache
    • Memory management. Very weak on that.
    • PySpark not as robust as scala with spark.
    • spark master HA is needed. Not as HA as it should be.
    • Locality should not be a necessity, but does help improvement. But would prefer no locality
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    Cloudera
    • The price is quite high competitively speaking
    • Hard to learn more robust functions and custom options without experience
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    Capacity of computing data in cluster and fast speed.
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    Cloudera
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    Usability
    Apache
    If the team looking to use Apache Spark is not used to debug and tweak settings for jobs to ensure maximum optimizations, it can be frustrating. However, the documentation and the support of the community on the internet can help resolve most issues. Moreover, it is highly configurable and it integrates with different tools (eg: it can be used by dbt core), which increase the scenarios where it can be used
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    Cloudera
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    Support Rating
    Apache
    1. It integrates very well with scala or python. 2. It's very easy to understand SQL interoperability. 3. Apache is way faster than the other competitive technologies. 4. The support from the Apache community is very huge for Spark. 5. Execution times are faster as compared to others. 6. There are a large number of forums available for Apache Spark. 7. The code availability for Apache Spark is simpler and easy to gain access to. 8. Many organizations use Apache Spark, so many solutions are available for existing applications.
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    Cloudera
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    Spark in comparison to similar technologies ends up being a one stop shop. You can achieve so much with this one framework instead of having to stitch and weave multiple technologies from the Hadoop stack, all while getting incredibility performance, minimal boilerplate, and getting the ability to write your application in the language of your choosing.
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    Cloudera
    In terms of functionality there's not much difference, both get the job done. Amazon was more cost-efficient for our team, but this could vary depending on the size of the business. One thing I did notice was that Cloudera seemed to management and spit out our deployments faster than AWS.
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Business leaders are able to take data driven decisions
    • Business users are able access to data in near real time now . Before using spark, they had to wait for at least 24 hours for data to be available
    • Business is able come up with new product ideas
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    Cloudera
    • Saves time by automating typically manual processes (data management, lifecyle AI etc)
    • Quick deployments and analytics allow for faster time-to-value
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