We performed a comparison between IBM Netezza Performance Server and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Snowflake Computing, Oracle, Teradata and others in Data Warehouse."The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."
"The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."
"The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."
"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that."
"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."
"Distribution concurrency control."
"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."
"IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution."
"The connectivity with PHP is quite good."
"It's a good tool, a good database platform."
"For sure, the solution is very stable."
"One of the most valuable features is MySQL's ability to run our email system. We use a system called Colab."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is its reliability and performance."
"We are completely comfortable with the database’s performance and it is a mature product. My organization was looking for an open-source database for our smaller customers like the community edition. For bigger customers, we can scale into commercial and supported editions."
"MySQL is a popular database platform for businesses because it is extremely easy to use."
"It is easy to use."
"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."
"The only issue is that it's not expandable."
"Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."
"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."
"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."
"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."
"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."
"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that."
"It requires a training platform."
"In an upcoming release, there should be something added similar to EPL. For example, when using the flow diagram, we can create a schema. We have two useful features to add or create the table, but there should be some UI features to allow us to drag and drop to create other schemas. This would be very helpful."
"The performance, stability, and security are areas with shortcomings in MySQL, where improvements are required."
"Its performance should be better. When we use big data, it is slow in performance. We should be able to use mirroring for improved performance."
"Sometimes, I get lost in the toggles and buttons, and a better visual design would be nice. The layout is not user-friendly or efficient."
"It is not as powerful as SQL Server. It can be more powerful. It is not scalable and has certain limitations, which is not the case with SQL Server."
"MySQL is not easily scalable on cost effective consumer grade hardware."
"The product is a little bit complex and it is difficult to find sufficient documentation."
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IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 10th in Data Warehouse with 33 reviews while MySQL is ranked 1st in Open Source Databases with 142 reviews. IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.0, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Netezza Performance Server writes "A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database, Teradata, Snowflake and Altibase, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and SAP HANA.
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