Introducing Piranha, a 100% compatible follow-on database solution-in-a-box for the Netezza PureData for Analytics family of appliances. Built on proven high-performing Netezza technology and available both on-premises and in the cloud, enterprises can now leverage and maintain best-in-class Netezza technology under license from IBM to continue enjoying unparalleled database performance.
Piranha: Your Turnkey Data Warehouse/Lakehouse Solution-in-a-box
Charting Data Modernization with Piranha
With its modular data warehousing solution, Piranha offers unmatched flexibility—whether migration, modernization or lakehouse transformation with built-in ML capabilities; whatever your enterprise plans enable, and unlock the freedom to chart your Data transformation journey at your own pace with Piranha.
Resolve your challenges to low-cost and low-risk migration and modernization paths as Piranha offers to match your enterprise budgetary needs with highly flexible leasing and purchase ownership plans, providing the most viable connective option for turnkey data lakehouse plans.
Why Piranha is your trusted database appliance for success
Discover why Piranha is built for all your enterprise data warehousing needs, whether on-prem or in the cloud.
Piranha Data Appliance
What it is?
- Turnkey data warehouse/lakehouse solution in a box
- Built on proven high-performing Netezza technology under an IBM license
- Drop-in replacement for Netezza and Oracle data warehouses and operational data stores
- Can query data in your existing datalake
For Netezza Customers
- Fully compatible with Netezza Mako & IBM Cloud Pak for data appliances
- Lower cost
- Smaller footprint
- Higher Performance
- More storage
- No EOL issues – backed by Persistent’s licensed version of the Netezza database
- Migrate and go
For Oracle & MS SQL Customers
- Best-in-class price/performance for enterprise data warehouses, data marts, and operational data stores
- Stepping stone to modern Data Lakehouse with built-in AI capabilities
- Integrates with your existing datalake
- Appliance simplicity – works out of the box
For Snowflake & Redshift Customers
- Best-in-class price/performance for enterprise data warehouses, data marts, and operational data stores
- Opex model lowers and caps monthly costs
- Grow at your own rate with fixed and known costs
- Integrates with your existing datalake
What sets Piranha apart?
- Best-in-class price performance
- Hardware flexibility with build your own (software only) and appliance-based models
- Keep up with the industry’s latest and greatest hardware for new customers
- Software feature flexibility with new features based on your needs at add-on pricing
- Leverage flexibility to install and deploy on-premises or in the cloud as per your own modernization roadmap
Piranha Specifications
Part Numbers
Part Number | Description |
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PIRG1SS0085 | Piranha OEM Appliance Model S, 2 SR650 V3 SAS server node/8.5TB Nominal Storage + 1 YR Software Subscription 1x 10C 4410T, 8x 1.6TB SAS, 512GB, 10/25GbE |
PIRG1SS0170 | Piranha OEM Appliance Model S-17, 2 SR650 V3 SAS server node/17TB Nominal Storage + 1 YR Software Subscription 2x 10C 4410T, 16x 1.6TB SAS, 1024GB, 10/25GbE |
PIRG1NM0170 | Piranha OEM Appliance Model M, 2 SR650 V3 NVME server node/17TB Nominal Storage + 1 YR Software Subscription 2x 32C 6438Y+, 8x 3.84TB NVME, 1024GB, 10/25GbE |
PIRG1NL0340 | Piranha OEM Appliance Model L, 2 SR650 V3 NVME server node/34TB Nominal Storage + 1 YR Software Subscription 2x 32C 6438Y+, 8x 7.68TB NVME, 1024GB, 10/25GbE |
PIRG1NX0680 | Piranha OEM Appliance Model XL, 2 SR650 V3 NVME server node/68TB Nominal Storage +1 YR Software Subscription 2x 32C 6438Y+, 16x 7.68TB NVME, 1024GB, 10/25GbE |
S/W Part Numbers | Description |
NZSG1SS0085 | Netezza Software 1yr subscription for Piranha Model S/8.5 TB Nominal Storage |
NZSG1SS0170 | Netezza Software 1yr subscription for Piranha Model S-17/17 TB Nominal Storage |
NZSG1NM0170 | Netezza Software 1yr subscription for Piranha Model M/17 TB Nominal Storage |
NZSG1NL0340 | Netezza Software 1yr subscription for Piranha Model L/34TB Nominal Storage |
NZSG1NX0680 | Netezza Software 1yr subscription for Piranha Model XL/68 TB Nominal Storag |
Legend | |
PIR | 3 Letter Program Name |
G1 | 2 Letter Gen/Version Identifier |
S | Server type Identfier (SAS/NVME) |
S | Server Size (S/M/L/XL) |
0085 | 4 digit Storage size (0.0 to 999.9) |
Legend | |
NZS | Software Version Code |
G1 | 2 Letter Gen/Version Identifier |
S | Server type Identfier (SAS/NVME) |
S | Server Size (S/M/L/XL) |
0085 | 4 digit Storage size (0.0 to 999.9) |
Model Lineup
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