What you missed in Big Data: back to bread and butter with Hadoop and NoSQL
This week saw the usual slew of updates in the Hadoop and NoSQL ecosystems, beginning with database maker RainStor unleashing an augmented version of its flagship platform that introduces new archiving capabilities for the batch processing framework.
The aptly named Archive Application for Hadoop 2.0 included in RainStor 6 utilizes the company’s existing structured query technology to make it possible for users to manipulate XML documents stored in Hadoop using familiar SQL syntax, and allows users to pull in data from their SQL 2003 deployments. It also supports distributions from Hortonworks and Cloudera as well YARN and a number of other sub-projects including MapR’s platform, and comes with a set of management features designed to let admins become more robust in how they handle data.
On the same day RainStor 6 made its debut, Concurrent launched Driven into general availability. The freemium cloud service is designed to help customers more effectively develop and troubleshoot applications based on Cascading, an open-source framework for building Hadoop applications developed by the company’s founder, Chris Wensel.
Originally introduced in February, Driven, which was in beta until Tuesday, is described as offering “comprehensive visibility” into data-driven apps that Concurrent says can improve the productivity of developers and operations professionals as much as tenfold. The solution visualizes software topography in real-time to make it easier to spot bottlenecks and other technical hiccups, lets customers drill down into individual data flows at runtime for test-driven development and includes built-in collaboration capabilities. Plus, it provides the ability to track application history, which can be useful for optimizing user experience.
Following Concurrent into the open-source fray, Aerospike released the source code for its NoSQL database under an Apache license. The platform runs in-memory and incorporates a patent-pending combination of RAM index and data stored in direct-attached flash storage as well as a homegrown “indexed map-reduce” technique, both valuable additions to the open-source ecosystem. Companies that want more can upgrade to Aerospike’s commercial Enterprise Edition, which adds value-added features like cross data center replication plus support.
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