I’m pretty sure, however, that Netezza and Teradata would NOT opt to join us …

CAM

As mentioned, the TD 550 is an SMP, one-node system that can never be expanded with BYNET (doesn’t have it). It’s meant more for test/dev or someone just starting out with datawarehousing. Not a long-term solution if you’re looking to expand, but a cheaper price-point.

Stuart,

With all the price and performance FUD I’ve seen in your posts here and elsewhere, we need Bobby Flay to get DATAllegro, Teradata and Netezza in for a good old-fashioned throwdown to see who’s the best.

As per the above, a competent Netezza exec says his system sells for a lot less than the list price you’re attributing to them.

Is the same true of DATAllegro systems?

Best,

CAM

Agreed. The 550 product is not to be taken seriously for most purposes, even if the reporter for one major trade pub got confused by it.

But hey — as long as anybody wants it, Teradata was quite right to productize it.

CAM

Netezza’s list pricing is around $100k per TB, so Teradata is a bit more expensive at $125k.

Both are significantly more expensive than DATAllegro. Our list prices range from around $8k to $50k per TB, depending on the product range.

Stuart Frost
CEO, DATAllegro

It is also important to note that the 550 model is an SMP server so it is not a high-performance system like other TD models - it is more like Oracle on Sun/HP/IBM in that regard.
As far as I recall all Netezza models are MPP servers including its low-end offering.

NG

That’s 24 nodes.

Most discussion of the Teradata 2500 — including in the press release — starts from the single-node version.

And Randy Lea of Teradata told me last week the 550 tops out at 2-3 TB.

Best,

CAM