Know the differences between the Informatica power center and cloud tools. And the choose the right tool for your organization.
Both the power center and the cloud tools are products of the Informatica company. They serve different purposes and at the same time, they have some of the features in common. In this article, we will compare these two products and bring out the main differences between these two.
Informatica cloud architecture is pretty simple. Even developers can install and manage the servers. More on the architecture can be known at FolksTalk Website. One has to download the secure agent from the Informatica cloud admin tool and install it on the server. After installation, the username and token need to be entered and then the server is automatically tied to your organization. Adding more servers to the grid is also quite easy. just install the secure agent and add it to the group. The performance of the server can be tuned from the Run time environment in the admin window. A repository database is not required as it is maintained by the Informatica itself in the cloud.
Informatica architecture is quite complex and requires administrator to install and manage the servers. You can get the details about the architecture at Edureka website. First, the admin has to install one of the supported repository databases like Oracle or SQL Server. Then the Informatica services ( like integration and repository) need to be installed on a server. At the time of installation, the repository database connection details have to be provided. Maintaining a grid also requires a lot of steps. That is why an administrator is required to maintain the respiratory database and the servers.
Both tools support the processing of huge data. This is called batch processing. The ICS app in the cloud supports the batch data processing and the power center tool also does the same thing.
The power center is quite good when it comes to batch processing. It can process bulk data and apply complex transformations on the data. It has a lot of bully in transformations that can massage the data. It gives good performance when compared to the ICS.
The ICS is designed to process low amounts of data. This tool also has all the required transformations to manipulate the data. One good feature in the ICS tool is that one can replicate all the objects data from the source database to the target database in a single task. This feature is not available in the power center.
Both the tools support making API requests through HTTP and Web Service connectors. When making API calls, the mappings need to process low amounts of data. Otherwise, this will cause a performance issue.
Both tools can process the data in near real-time by running the mappings quite frequently. However, with cloud tools, we can develop APIs to integrate multiple applications. There is no option in the power center tool for developing the APIS. When the organization has a requirement for API development, then it should go with the Cloud integration tool.
The power center gives flexibility to the developer to design the process flow in sequential or parallel or both or based on conditions. It also gives the flexibility to change from one design pattern to another pattern. In the ICS tool, the developer has to choose the design pattern before creating the task flow itself and it is also rigid to change between design patterns.
As the complete software of the power center is installed on our servers only, it gives complete flexibility to the admins to tune the resources and improve the performance. Whereas the cloud tool doesn't give complete flexibility to tune the resources as some of the hardware/software is maintained by the Informatica itself on the cloud.
The ICS provides a process developer tool using that developers can develop their own connectors to access third-party applications. No such tool is provisioned in the PowerCenter.
The ICS provides hybrid solutions through which integrations can be developed between cloud & cloud, cloud & on-premise, on-premise & on-premise. Whereas the PowerCenter tool can only access the on-Premise data set.
In the ICS, there is no need to install any client applications on the Personal computer. All the apps can be accessed from the browser and the task flows can be developed through browser UI. In power Center, the client applications need to be installed on the Personal computer. This provides for faster development and the developers do not lose any code in case of network failure.
I hope you all got a good knowledge of the differences between the cloud and PowerCenter tools. Both tools are good in their own aspects. Based on the features, data volume and company requirements, you can decide on what tool to purchase and use.
Both the power center and the cloud tools are products of the Informatica company. They serve different purposes and at the same time, they have some of the features in common. In this article, we will compare these two products and bring out the main differences between these two.
Architecture Differences
Informatica cloud architecture is pretty simple. Even developers can install and manage the servers. More on the architecture can be known at FolksTalk Website. One has to download the secure agent from the Informatica cloud admin tool and install it on the server. After installation, the username and token need to be entered and then the server is automatically tied to your organization. Adding more servers to the grid is also quite easy. just install the secure agent and add it to the group. The performance of the server can be tuned from the Run time environment in the admin window. A repository database is not required as it is maintained by the Informatica itself in the cloud.
Informatica architecture is quite complex and requires administrator to install and manage the servers. You can get the details about the architecture at Edureka website. First, the admin has to install one of the supported repository databases like Oracle or SQL Server. Then the Informatica services ( like integration and repository) need to be installed on a server. At the time of installation, the repository database connection details have to be provided. Maintaining a grid also requires a lot of steps. That is why an administrator is required to maintain the respiratory database and the servers.
Batch Processing
Both tools support the processing of huge data. This is called batch processing. The ICS app in the cloud supports the batch data processing and the power center tool also does the same thing.
The power center is quite good when it comes to batch processing. It can process bulk data and apply complex transformations on the data. It has a lot of bully in transformations that can massage the data. It gives good performance when compared to the ICS.
The ICS is designed to process low amounts of data. This tool also has all the required transformations to manipulate the data. One good feature in the ICS tool is that one can replicate all the objects data from the source database to the target database in a single task. This feature is not available in the power center.
Both the tools support making API requests through HTTP and Web Service connectors. When making API calls, the mappings need to process low amounts of data. Otherwise, this will cause a performance issue.
Real-Time Processing
Both tools can process the data in near real-time by running the mappings quite frequently. However, with cloud tools, we can develop APIs to integrate multiple applications. There is no option in the power center tool for developing the APIS. When the organization has a requirement for API development, then it should go with the Cloud integration tool.
WorkFlow or Task Designing
The power center gives flexibility to the developer to design the process flow in sequential or parallel or both or based on conditions. It also gives the flexibility to change from one design pattern to another pattern. In the ICS tool, the developer has to choose the design pattern before creating the task flow itself and it is also rigid to change between design patterns.
Performance Tuning
As the complete software of the power center is installed on our servers only, it gives complete flexibility to the admins to tune the resources and improve the performance. Whereas the cloud tool doesn't give complete flexibility to tune the resources as some of the hardware/software is maintained by the Informatica itself on the cloud.
Miscellaneous Features
The ICS provides a process developer tool using that developers can develop their own connectors to access third-party applications. No such tool is provisioned in the PowerCenter.
The ICS provides hybrid solutions through which integrations can be developed between cloud & cloud, cloud & on-premise, on-premise & on-premise. Whereas the PowerCenter tool can only access the on-Premise data set.
In the ICS, there is no need to install any client applications on the Personal computer. All the apps can be accessed from the browser and the task flows can be developed through browser UI. In power Center, the client applications need to be installed on the Personal computer. This provides for faster development and the developers do not lose any code in case of network failure.
I hope you all got a good knowledge of the differences between the cloud and PowerCenter tools. Both tools are good in their own aspects. Based on the features, data volume and company requirements, you can decide on what tool to purchase and use.
