Hi, Thanks for the clarification.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Niels Basjes <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote: > 2011/2/17 Karthik Kumar <karthik84ku...@gmail.com>: > > Can Hadoop be used for Real time Applications such as banking > solutions... > > Hadoop consists of several components. > Components like HDFS and HBase are quite suitable for "interactive" > solutions (as in: I usually get an answer within 0.x seconds). > If you really need "realtime" (as in: I want a guarantee that I have > an answer within 0.x seconds) the answer is: No, HDFS/HBase cannot > guarantee that. > Other components like MapReduce (and Hive which run on top of > MapReduce) are purely batch oriented. > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Niels Basjes > -- With Regards, Karthik
