MapR's entire distro is free, and consists mostly of open-source components. The only closed-source component is MapR's file-system, which is a complete drop-in replacement for HDFS.
If you wish, we can discuss further about your concerns re: MapR outside this mailing list. thanks, Srivas. On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:12 AM, George Kousiouris <gkous...@mail.ntua.gr>wrote: > > Hi all, > > We were looking how to overcome the random write/concurrent write issue > with hdfs. We came across the MapR platform that claims to resolve this, > along with the distribued Namenode. However we are a bit concerned that it > seems that this is not open source. Does anyone have any info on which parts > of MapR are indeed open source? Or any alternative solution? > > BR, > George > > -- > > --------------------------- > > George Kousiouris > Electrical and Computer Engineer > Division of Communications, > Electronics and Information Engineering > School of Electrical and Computer Engineering > Tel: +30 210 772 2546 > Mobile: +30 6939354121 > Fax: +30 210 772 2569 > Email: gkous...@mail.ntua.gr > Site: http://users.ntua.gr/gkousiou/ > > National Technical University of Athens > 9 Heroon Polytechniou str., 157 73 Zografou, Athens, Greece > >