We performed a comparison between IBM Db2 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."The standout feature of IBM Db2 Warehouse, which is particularly valuable for large enterprises, is its ability to handle big data."
"It can be mounted on the cloud, which is a huge plus. If the client, for example, starts small with on-premise deployment and then it rapidly needs to grow, we can transfer this to the cloud easily."
"The solution is stable."
"I think it scales really well and as long as you take enough time to learn a little bit about it, it works really well."
"The analytics engine is not bad at forecasting predictions."
"Provides good security and reliability."
"Some of the best features are stored procedures, parallelism, and different indexing strategies."
"The main feature is the management and manageability of the tool. We can create a VM on a laptop within a couple of clicks."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to combine all the data without the need for additional devices."
"I give it a nine out of 10 because it gives the customer easy access to a complete database solution within 30 minutes."
"The product is good value for money. It is a secure solution."
"We use the solution for our Java applications."
"The solution is stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is very helpful. The initial setup is straightforward. I consider the product a strong solution for our customers."
"Oracle has good technical support."
"Oracle Database Appliances are specifically designed for Oracle databases. They have built-in utilities and tools that simplify management, making them the best option for Oracle database management systems."
"IBM Db2 Warehouse needs to improve its interface."
"There should be more material available for training and training should be free."
"The biggest challenge anyone could have with Db2 Warehouse is their references or online resources and documentation. They are very, very, very limited on the web."
"Lacks sufficient documentation and particularly in Spanish."
"The areas of the solution that is needing the most improvement are separating compute from storage, elasticity, which means scaling up and then retracting."
"There were some initial challenges with IBM Db2 Warehouse about eight months ago when I worked in this environment. When I coordinated with IBM support, they mentioned that the memory was insufficient for our needs. Our business environment required significantly more memory than the previous cluster could provide. Consequently, we have worked closely with on-site IBM technical personnel to address this issue."
"In terms of improvement, IBM Db2 Warehouse should be more scalable."
"The biggest problems we have is when the backup solution is failing or slow and we run out of log space, which has happened probably a couple of times in the last four years."
"The solution's initial setup is not easy."
"Oracle could improve its capacity for built-in visualization."
"I would like it if the scalability could be increased without having to change versions."
"I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. It has some problems. Databases are huge. This leads to needing more and more RAM and capacity resources, making it hard to scale. Because of this, we use Exadata. That's definitely a point for improvement."
"Oracle Database Appliance patching comes out two to three months after the regular patching cycle."
"Sometimes, we cannot upgrade or patch it easily. The performance needs to improve."
"Oracle's product support is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The setup is a bit complex."
IBM Db2 Warehouse is ranked 13th in Data Warehouse with 9 reviews while Oracle Database Appliance is ranked 7th in Data Warehouse with 40 reviews. IBM Db2 Warehouse is rated 7.8, while Oracle Database Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Db2 Warehouse writes "Useful for ETL process and has good documentation ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database Appliance writes "Simplifies database management tasks and provides high availability and disaster recovery". IBM Db2 Warehouse is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift and Apache Hadoop, whereas Oracle Database Appliance is most compared with Oracle Exadata, VMware Tanzu Data Services, Dremio, Actian Ingres and SAP BW4HANA. See our IBM Db2 Warehouse vs. Oracle Database Appliance report.
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