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Azure Data Lake Storage vs. Cloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)

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    Azure Data Lake Storage

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AAzure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a highly scalable and cost-effective data lake solution for big data analytics. It combines the power of a high-performance file system with massive scale and economy to help you speed your time to insight. Data Lake Storage Gen2 extends Azure Blob Storage capabilities and is optimized for analytics workloads.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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    Azure Data Lake StorageCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
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    Best Alternatives
    Azure Data Lake StorageCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Small Businesses
    Azure Blob Storage
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Pure Storage FlashBlade
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Cloudera Manager
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Cloud Storage
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Data Lake StorageCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (13 ratings)
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Data Lake StorageCloudera Distribution Hadoop (CDH)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure Data Lake is an absolutely essential piece of a modern data and analytics platform. Over the past 2 years, our usage of Azure Data Lake as a reporting source has continued to grow and far exceeds more traditional sources like MS SQL, Oracle, etc.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Setting up Azure Data Lake Storage account, container is quite easy
    • Access from anywhere and easy maintenance
    • Integration with Azure Data Factory service for end to end pipeline is pretty easy
    • Can store Any form of data (Structured, Unstructured, Semi) in faster manner
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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
    Microsoft
    • study for the certifications also to have them as a reference for work when you have any questions about applying a configuration to the equipment.
    • The Internet interface is simple and easy to use. Capacity is good and it's good that HP continues to innovate with this technology
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Azure Data Lake Storage from a functionality perspective is a much easier solution to work with. It's implementation from Amazon EMR went smooth, and continued usage is definitely better. However, Amazon EMR was significantly cheaper overall between the high transaction fees and cost of storage due to growth. The two both have their advantages and disadvantages, but the functionality of Azure Data Lake Storage outweighed it's cost
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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
    Microsoft
    • Instead of having separate pools of storage for data we are now operating on a single layer platform which has cut down on time spent on maintaining those separate pools.
    • We have had more of an ROI with the scalability as we are able to control costs of storage when need be.
    • We are able to operate in a more streamlined approach as we are able to stay within the Azure suite of products and integrate seamlessly with the rest of the applications in our cloud-based infrastructure
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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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