Comments on: MapReduce user eHarmony chose Netezza over Aster or Greenplum http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Rodrick’s Web Log !! » Blog Archive » MapReduce & Netezza http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/#comment-146984 Rodrick’s Web Log !! » Blog Archive » MapReduce & Netezza Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:52:49 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=698#comment-146984 [...] recently came across this article about how eHarmoney uses Netezza and HadOOP to match potential love interest very from the [...] [...] recently came across this article about how eHarmoney uses Netezza and HadOOP to match potential love interest very from the [...]

]]> By: Todd Fin http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/#comment-118260 Todd Fin Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:08:31 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=698#comment-118260 eHarmony utilized a Fastreader Wisdomforce extensively to migrate the data from Oracle to Netezza. fastreader has a good netezza integration eHarmony utilized a Fastreader Wisdomforce extensively to migrate the data from Oracle to Netezza. fastreader has a good netezza integration

]]> By: Charney Hoffmann http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/#comment-111906 Charney Hoffmann Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:48:20 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=698#comment-111906 Thanks for the fascinating information. I was looking for information on Netezza, and learned some cool stuff about eHarmony too! Great blog. Thanks for the fascinating information. I was looking for information on Netezza, and learned some cool stuff about eHarmony too! Great blog.

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/#comment-111511 Curt Monash Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:52:08 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=698#comment-111511 Hi Joseph, and thanks for clarifying! I understand the importance of price. :) But I'm curious as to how the migration to Netezza was easier than the migration to Aster. Just more available tools or something? Thanks! CAM Hi Joseph, and thanks for clarifying!

I understand the importance of price. :) But I’m curious as to how the migration to Netezza was easier than the migration to Aster. Just more available tools or something?

Thanks!

CAM

]]> By: Joseph Essas http://www.dbms2.com/2009/02/23/mapreduce-user-eharmony-chose-netezza-over-aster-or-greenplum/#comment-111440 Joseph Essas Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:20:19 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=698#comment-111440 Curt, Thanks for your interest on our analytical infrastructure and for a great technology blog. I just wanted to clarify that we did look at Aster and others, besides Netezza. What we found in particular was that Aster had most impressive analytical capabilities, both with their MapReduce framework and their analytical operators (like nPath for clickstream analytics) which would have been a great fit for eHarmony’s business. Also, they came with very strong customer references so we had no concerns about the maturity of the product, which were overstated in some press articles. However, Netezza provided the easiest migration path from Oracle to the new DW environment and also priced themselves very aggressively to win our business. In the end, that’s what tilted our decision towards their system. We keep in touch with the Aster team and we will consider their offerings again in the future. Joseph Essas, VP Technology, eHarmony.com Curt,

Thanks for your interest on our analytical infrastructure and for a great technology blog.

I just wanted to clarify that we did look at Aster and others, besides Netezza. What we found in particular was that Aster had most impressive analytical capabilities, both with their MapReduce framework and their analytical operators (like nPath for clickstream analytics) which would have been a great fit for eHarmony’s business. Also, they came with very strong customer references so we had no concerns about the maturity of the product, which were overstated in some press articles. However, Netezza provided the easiest migration path from Oracle to the new DW environment and also priced themselves very aggressively to win our business. In the end, that’s what tilted our decision towards their system. We keep in touch with the Aster team and we will consider their offerings again in the future.

Joseph Essas, VP Technology, eHarmony.com

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