Yeah exactly... that's what I meant to say ;)
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Lewis's description is pretty spot on. > > Basically Apache Hadoop is a kernel/OS set of capabilities and > functionalities > for workflow processing (used to only be for M/R but now with YARN for > mostly any computational type) and for storage, distributed, highly > available > and replicated (which is needed on low cost unreliable, shared nothing > hardware). > > Apache OODT is a data management toolkit and data processing toolkit, that > can > interoperate and *leverage* Hadoop as one of the capabilities needed in > building > data systems. It can store data to HDFS (using the File Manager) either in > standard > ingestion and processing use cases; it can submit jobs to M/R or YARN > style workflows > and use that as the heavy lifter for the workflow processor. > > In short, OODT is the code that you normally write over and over again > when building > data systems that combine Hadoop, Oracle, MySQL, WINGS, THREDDS, Condor, > and Ganglia, > GridFTP or bbFTP, etc. In other words, what you need to build an end to > end data ingestion > and processing and dissemination system. OODT makes that "glue code" very > easy to configure > and write (via XML and configuration policy/architecture) and provides a > repeatable, and > easily discernible way to build these systems. > > HTH! > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Barber <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 1, 2013 1:09 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Hadoop Similarities > > > > > > > > >Morning, > > > >Chris will remember a couple of years ago me asking on IRC about how OODT > >differs from Hadoop in terms of features and functionality, which he then > >gave a great page long explanation as to what the differences were. I > >vowed to copy that information off and > > save it somewhere useful, and of course never did, then I asked Sean who > >also couldn't dig it up. > > > >So, fine folks of the OODT community, for a novice like me who would be > >interested in "selling" OODT to users if the correct usecase came along, > >when someone says "Isn't OODT just a different type of Hadoop?" what do I > >answer? > > > >I'd like to document this type of comparison stuff on the Wiki as well as > >I think its useful for people to know and understand. > > > >Cheers > > > >Tom > > > >-- > >Tom Barber | Technical Director > > > >meteorite bi > >T: +44 20 8133 3730 > >W: www.meteorite.bi <http://www.meteorite.bi> | > >Skype: meteorite.consulting > >A: Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YG, UK > > > -- *Lewis*
