+1 (non-binding)
On 14 September 2013 14:03, Sharad Agarwal <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Discussion about the Storm proposal has subsided, issues raised now > > seemingly resolved. > > > > I'd like to call a vote to accept Storm as a new Incubator podling. > > > > The proposal is included below and is also at: > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/StormProposal > > > > Let's keep the vote open for four working days, until 18 September. > > > > [ ] +1 Accept Storm into the Incubator > > [ ] +0 Don't care. > > [ ] -1 Don't accept Storm because... > > > > Doug > > > > > > = Storm Proposal = > > > > == Abstract == > > > > Storm is a distributed, fault-tolerant, and high-performance realtime > > computation system that provides strong guarantees on the processing > > of data. > > > > == Proposal == > > > > Storm is a distributed real-time computation system. Similar to how > > Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch > > processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing > > real-time computation. Its use cases span stream processing, > > distributed RPC, continuous computation, and more. Storm has become a > > preferred technology for near-realtime big-data processing by many > > organizations worldwide (see a partial list at > > https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By). As an open > > source project, Storm’s developer community has grown rapidly to 46 > > members. > > > > == Background == > > > > The past decade has seen a revolution in data processing. MapReduce, > > Hadoop, and related technologies have made it possible to store and > > process data at scales previously unthinkable. Unfortunately, these > > data processing technologies are not realtime systems, nor are they > > meant to be. The lack of a "Hadoop of realtime" has become the biggest > > hole in the data processing ecosystem. Storm fills that hole. > > > > Storm was initially developed and deployed at BackType in 2011. After > > 7 months of development BackType was acquired by Twitter in July 2011. > > Storm was open sourced in September 2011. > > > > Storm has been under continuous development on its Github repository > > since being open-sourced. It has undergone four major releases (0.5, > > 0.6, 0.7, 0.8) and many minor ones. > > > > > > == Rationale == > > > > Storm is a general platform for low-latency big-data processing. It is > > complementary to the existing Apache projects, such as Hadoop. Many > > applications are actually exploring using both Hadoop and Storm for > > big-data processing. Bringing Storm into Apache is very beneficial to > > both Apache community and Storm community. > > > > The rapid growth of Storm community is empowered by open source. We > > believe the Apache foundation is a great fit as the long-term home for > > Storm, as it provides an established process for community-driven > > development and decision making by consensus. This is exactly the > > model we want for future Storm development. > > > > == Initial Goals == > > > > * Move the existing codebase to Apache > > * Integrate with the Apache development process > > * Ensure all dependencies are compliant with Apache License version > 2.0 > > * Incremental development and releases per Apache guidelines > > > > == Current Status == > > > > Storm has undergone four major releases (0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8) and many > > minor ones. Storm 0.9 is about to be released. Storm is being used in > > production by over 50 organizations. Storm codebase is currently > > hosted at github.com, which will seed the Apache git repository. > > > > === Meritocracy === > > > > We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the > > requirements in an open forum. Several companies have already > > expressed interest in this project, and we intend to invite additional > > developers to participate. We will encourage and monitor community > > participation so that privileges can be extended to those that > > contribute. > > > > === Community === > > > > The need for a low-latency big-data processing platform in the open > > source is tremendous. Storm is currently being used by at least 50 > > organizations worldwide (see > > https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki/Powered-By), and is the most > > starred Java project on Github. By bringing Storm into Apache, we > > believe that the community will grow even bigger. > > > > === Core Developers === > > > > Storm was started by Nathan Marz at BackType, and now has developers > > from Yahoo!, Microsoft, Alibaba, Infochimps, and many other companies. > > > > === Alignment === > > > > In the big-data processing ecosystem, Storm is a very popular > > low-latency platform, while Hadoop is the primary platform for batch > > processing. We believe that it will help the further growth of > > big-data community by having Hadoop and Storm aligned within Apache > > foundation. The alignment is also beneficial to other Apache > > communities (such as Zookeeper, Thrift, Mesos). We could include > > additional sub-projects, Storm-on-YARN and Storm-on-Mesos, in the near > > future. > > > > == Known Risks == > > > > === Orphaned Products === > > > > The risk of the Storm project being abandoned is minimal. There are at > > least 50 organizations (Twitter, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Groupon, Baidu, > > Alibaba, Alipay, Taobao, PARC, RocketFuel etc) are highly incentivized > > to continue development. Many of these organizations have built > > critical business applications upon Storm, and have devoted > > significant internal infrastructure investment in Storm. > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > > > Storm has existed as a healthy open source project for several years. > > During that time, we have curated an open-source community > > successfully, attracting over 40 developers from a diverse group of > > companies including Twitter, Yahoo!, and Alibaba. > > > > === Homogenous Developers === > > > > The initial committers are employed by large companies (including > > Twitter, Yahoo!, Alibaba, Microsoft) and well-funded startups. Storm > > has an active community of developers, and we are committed to > > recruiting additional committers based on their contributions to the > > project. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > > > It is expected that Storm development will occur on both salaried time > > and on volunteer time, after hours. The majority of initial committers > > are paid by their employer to contribute to this project. However, > > they are all passionate about the project, and we are confident that > > the project will continue even if no salaried developers contribute to > > the project. We are committed to recruiting additional committers > > including non-salaried developers. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > > > As mentioned in the Alignment section, Storm is closely integrated with > > Hadoop, > > Zookeeper, Thrift, YARN and Mesos in a numerous ways. We look forward > > to collaborating with those communities, as well as other Apache > > communities (including Apache S4 which focuses on stateful low-latency > > processing). > > > > === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > > > Storm is already a healthy and well known open source project. This > > proposal is not for the purpose of generating publicity. Rather, the > > primary benefits to joining Apache are those outlined in the Rationale > > section. > > > > == Documentation == > > > > The reader will find these websites highly relevant: > > * Storm website: http://storm-project.net > > * Storm documentation: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm/wiki > > * Codebase: https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm > > * User group: https://groups.google.com/group/storm-user > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > > > The Storm codebase is currently hosted on Github: > > https://github.com/nathanmarz/storm. > > This is the exact codebase that we would migrate to the Apache > foundation. > > > > The Storm source code is currently licensed under Eclipse Public > > License Version 1.0. Some source code was contributed under a > > contributor agreement based on the Sun contributor agreement (v1.5). > > More recent code has been contributed under an Apache style agreement > > (see > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133901206/storm-apache-style-cla.txt > ). > > > > Upon entering Apache, Storm will migrate to an Apache License 2.0 with > > all contributions licensed to the Apache Foundation. In certain cases > > where individuals or organizations hold copyright, we will ensure they > > grant a license to the Apache Foundation. Going forward, all commits > > will be licensed directly to the Apache foundation through our signed > > Individual Contributor License Agreements for all committers on the > > project. > > > > storm-kafka, which lets one use Kafka as a source for Storm, will also > > be submitted under the contrib folder for the Apache Storm project. > > > > Yahoo! is also willing to move Storm-on-YARN code from github to be a > > subproject of Apache Storm project. Storm-on-YARN is currently > > licensed under Apache License 2.0 and receive contribution under > > Apache style CLA. Upon entering Apache, Yahoo! will sign over > > copyright to Apache foundation. > > > > == External Dependencies == > > > > To the best of our knowledge, all of Storm dependencies (except > > 0MQ/JMQ) are distributed under Apache compatible licenses. Upon > > acceptance to the incubator, we would begin a thorough analysis of all > > transitive dependencies to verify this fact and introduce license > > checking into the build and release process (for instance integrating > > Apache Rat). > > > > Storm has used 0MQ and JMQ as the default mechanism for internal > > messaging layer, and 0MQ/JMQ is licensed under GNU Lesser General > > Public License. Recently, we have made Storm messaging layer > > pluggable, and plan to use Netty (which is licensed under Apache > > License v2) as our default messaging plugin (while keep 0MQ as an > > optional plugin). > > > > == Cryptography == > > > > We do not expect Storm to be a controlled export item due to the use > > of encryption. > > Storm enable encryptions via 2 plugins: > > * SASL authentication plugins … Currently, we have provide “no-op” > > authentication and digest authentication. In near future, we will > > introduce Kerberos authentication. > > * Tuple payload serialization plugins … Storm provides plugins for > > plain-object serialization and blowfish encryption. > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > === Mailing lists === > > > > * storm-user > > * storm-dev > > * storm-commits > > * storm-private (with moderated subscriptions) > > > > === Subversion Directory === > > > > Git is the preferred source control system: git://git.apache.org/storm > > > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > > > JIRA Storm (STORM) > > > > == Initial Committers == > > > > * Nathan Marz <nathan at nathanmarz dot com> > > * James Xu <xumingmingv at gmail dot com> > > * Jason Jackson <jason at cvk dot ca> > > * Andy Feng <afeng at yahoo-inc dot com> > > * Flip Kromer <flip at infochimps dot com> > > * David Lao <davidlao at microsoft dot com> > > * P. Taylor Goetz <ptgoetz at gmail dot com> > > > > == Affiliations == > > > > * Nathan Marz - Nathan’s Startup > > * James Xu - Alibaba > > * Jason Jackson - Twitter > > * Andy Feng - Yahoo! > > * Flip Kromer - Infochimps > > * David Lao - Microsoft > > * P. Taylor Goetz - Health Market Science > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > > > === Champion === > > > > * Doug Cutting <cutting at apache dot org> > > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > > > * Ted Dunning <tdunning at maprtech dot com> > > * Arvind Prabhakar <arvind at apache dot org> > > * Devaraj Das <ddas at hortonworks dot com> > > * Matt Franklin <m.ben.franklin at gmail dot com> > > * Benjamin Hindman <benjamin.hindman at gmail dot com> > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > > > The Apache Incubator > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > >
