I agree with you. We are looking for a simple solution for data from Kafka to Hadoop. I have tried using Camus earlier (Non-Avro) and documentation is lacking to make it work correctly, as we do not need to introduce another component to the solution. In the meantime, can the Kafka Hadoop Consumer/Producer be documented well so we can try it out ASAP. :) Thanks.
On Friday, August 9, 2013 12:27:12 PM UTC-7, Ken Goodhope wrote: > > I just checked and that patch is in .8 branch. Thanks for working on > back porting it Andrew. We'd be happy to commit that work to master. > > As for the kafka contrib project vs Camus, they are similar but not quite > identical. Camus is intended to be a high throughput ETL for bulk > ingestion of Kafka data into HDFS. Where as what we have in contrib is > more of a simple KafkaInputFormat. Neither can really replace the other. > If you had a complex hadoop workflow and wanted to introduce some Kafka > data into that workflow, using Camus would be a gigantic overkill and a > pain to setup. On the flipside, if what you want is frequent reliable > ingest of Kafka data into HDFS, a simple InputFormat doesn't provide you > with that. > > I think it would be preferable to simplify the existing contrib > Input/OutputFormats by refactoring them to use the more stable higher level > Kafka APIs. Currently they use the lower level APIs. This should make > them easier to maintain, and user friendly enough to avoid the need for > extensive documentation. > > Ken > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Andrew Psaltis > <psaltis...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Dibyendu, >> According to the pull request: >> https://github.com/linkedin/camus/pull/15<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Flinkedin%2Fcamus%2Fpull%2F15&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNENlPRS_I-7w_drkTC09rmQKGNNVg>it >> was merged into the camus-kafka-0.8 >> branch. I have not checked if the code was subsequently removed, however, >> two at least one the important files from this patch >> (camus-api/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/RecordWriterProvider.java) >> is still present. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:39 AM, <dibyendu.b...@pearson.com <javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> I am also working on making the Camus fit for Non Avro message for our >>> requirement. >>> >>> I see you mentioned about this patch ( >>> https://github.com/linkedin/camus/commit/87917a2aea46da9d21c8f67129f6463af52f7aa8<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Flinkedin%2Fcamus%2Fcommit%2F87917a2aea46da9d21c8f67129f6463af52f7aa8&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGxLfUhDjxOiEp-zHUb14dlNYwriw>) >>> >>> which supports custom data writer for Camus. But this patch is not pulled >>> into camus-kafka-0.8 branch. Is there any plan for doing the same ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dibyendu >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Camus - Kafka ETL for Hadoop" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/camus_etl/KKS6t5-O-Ng/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> camus_etl+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Camus - Kafka ETL for Hadoop" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to camus_etl+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > >
