Everyone around the internet is constantly talking about the bright future of Apache Spark. How cool it is, how innovative it is, how fast it is moving, how big its community is, how big the investments into it are, etc. But what is really hiding behind this enthusiasm of Spark adepts, and what is the real future of Apache Spark?
In this article I show you the real data and real trends, trying to be as agnostic and unbiased as possible. This article is not affiliated with any vendor.
Finally I have translated my talk from Highload++ 2015 conference in Moscow into English, so now you can enjoy the fresh information about the Apache HAWQ internals!
If you’d like to download the slides, you can find them here: HAWQ Architecture HL++ 2015 Moscow
I often hear this question from my customers and over the internet, especially in the last year. So what is the myth and what is real about the Spark and its place in the “Big Data” ecosystem?
To be honest, the question I put as the title is wrong, but it is usually the way it is asked. Hadoop is not a single product, it is an ecosystem. Same for Spark. Let’s cover them one by one. The main pillars of the Hadoop ecosystem at the moment are: Continue reading