I noted in a previous blog post that Hadoop needed a number of enhancements to make it more acceptable to enterprise users. One of them was simplicity. Indeed, even some of the purveyors of Hadoop distributions privately admit that Hadoop, … Continued
We’ve seen a lot of Hadoop services pop up lately that add management and analytics software on top of Hadoop infrastructure. Is there any innovation around the architecture of the storage clusters, or is software the only place that we’ll … Continued
John Webster talks on Shared Storage in this Podcast / Article: “That’s controversial, I would say, at the moment. The original implementers of Hadoop didn’t use shared storage for a couple of reasons. One, they were looking for performance. They … Continued
As CES kicks off, someone who follows the progress of Hadoop could well wonder where Hadoop fits—as an enabler of consumer-focused apps, an enhancer of enterprise business intelligence, or both. It is now clear that Hadoop has enabled the growth … Continued
“Enterprises are looking to leverage the power of Hadoop analytics to see if Hadoop-supported applications can drive critical business decisions. Therefore, IT management will need the confidence that their Hadoop-related infrastructure is prepared to stand up to the demands of … Continued
In my previous article I wrote about the five factors that limit Hadoop’s role in the enterprise datacenter. To recap, the limitations are, Increased storage sprawl Three times as much storage Costly data moves Single point of failure No support … Continued
So far, we’ve said that Hadoop is a framework for building distributed computing clusters that can address the processing of large and disparate data sets. However, another way to think of Hadoop is as a storage device or storage environment. … Continued
We concluded the last article in this series on managing “big data” with a question: Does Hadoop storage have to be direct-attached storage (DAS)? This article introduces some alternatives to the strict use of embedded DAS for hardware-based storage within … Continued
A growing number of enterprise IT-centric vendors are responding to the opportunity to offer a Hadoop-based data analytics solution that conforms to the demands of a production data center environment. Here we review one such solution that has resulted from … Continued
It’s Monday morning at EMC World 2011 and EMC Chairman Joe Tucci opens the show with 10,000-plus in the audience. On stage with Tucci are big black boxes. What’s wrong with this picture? EMC is no longer a company that … Continued
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