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    Apache Drill

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AApache Drill is an open-source, distributed SQL query engine for analyzing data where it already resides. It provides schema-free SQL access to files, Hadoop data, NoSQL databases, and cloud object storage, allowing users to query raw and semi-structured data without first loading it into a warehouse or defining and maintaining a fixed schema.N/A

    Apache Spark

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AApache Spark is an open-source, distributed cluster-computing framework designed for large-scale data processing, batch transformations, real-time Streaming Analytics, and machine learning workloads. The platform executes distributed memory-centric computations across heterogeneous storage layers using unified APIs in Python, Scala, Java, SQL, and R.N/A
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    Apache
    Chose Apache Drill
    compared to presto, has more support than prestodb.
    Impala has limitations to what drill can support
    apache phoenix only supports for hbase. no support for cassandra.
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    Chose Apache Spark
    vs MapRedce, it was faster and easier to manage. Especially for Machine Learning, where MapReduce is lacking. Also Apache Storm was slower and didn't scale as much as Spark does. Spark elasticity was easier to apply compared to storm and MapReduce.
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    Apache DrillApache Spark
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    User Testimonials
    Apache DrillApache Spark
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    if you're doing joins from hBASE, hdfs, cassandra and redis, then this works. Using it as a be all end all does not suit it. This is not your straight forward magic software that works for all scenarios. One needs to determine the use case to see if Apache Drill fits the needs. 3/4 of the time, usually it does.
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    Apache
    Well suited: To most of the local run of datasets and non-prod systems - scalability is not a problem at all. Including data from multiple types of data sources is an added advantage. MLlib is a decently nice built-in library that can be used for most of the ML tasks. Less appropriate: We had to work on a RecSys where the music dataset that we used was around 300+Gb in size. We faced memory-based issues. Few times we also got memory errors. Also the MLlib library does not have support for advanced analytics and deep-learning frameworks support. Understanding the internals of the working of Apache Spark for beginners is highly not possible.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • queries multiple data sources with ease.
    • supports sql, so non technical users who know sql, can run query sets
    • 3rd party tools, like tableau, zoom data and looker were able to connect with no issues
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    Apache
    • Rich APIs for data transformation making for very each to transform and prepare data in a distributed environment without worrying about memory issues
    • Faster in execution times compare to Hadoop and PIG Latin
    • Easy SQL interface to the same data set for people who are comfortable to explore data in a declarative manner
    • Interoperability between SQL and Scala / Python style of munging data
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    Cons
    Apache
    • deployment. Not as easy
    • configuration isn't as straight forward, especially with the documentation
    • Garbage collection could be improved upon
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    Apache
    • Memory management. Very weak on that.
    • PySpark not as robust as scala with spark.
    • spark master HA is needed. Not as HA as it should be.
    • Locality should not be a necessity, but does help improvement. But would prefer no locality
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    Apache
    if Presto comes up with more support (ie hbase, s3), then its strongly possible that we'll move from apache drill to prestoDB. However, Apache drill needs more configuration ease, especially when it comes to garbage collection tuning. If apache drill could support also sparkSQL and Flume, then it does change drill into being something more valuable than prestoDB
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    Apache
    Capacity of computing data in cluster and fast speed.
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    Usability
    Apache
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    Apache
    If the team looking to use Apache Spark is not used to debug and tweak settings for jobs to ensure maximum optimizations, it can be frustrating. However, the documentation and the support of the community on the internet can help resolve most issues. Moreover, it is highly configurable and it integrates with different tools (eg: it can be used by dbt core), which increase the scenarios where it can be used
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    Apache
    1. It integrates very well with scala or python. 2. It's very easy to understand SQL interoperability. 3. Apache is way faster than the other competitive technologies. 4. The support from the Apache community is very huge for Spark. 5. Execution times are faster as compared to others. 6. There are a large number of forums available for Apache Spark. 7. The code availability for Apache Spark is simpler and easy to gain access to. 8. Many organizations use Apache Spark, so many solutions are available for existing applications.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    compared to presto, has more support than prestodb. Impala has limitations to what drill can support apache phoenix only supports for hbase. no support for cassandra. Apache drill was chosen, because of the multiple data stores that it supports htat the other 3 do not support. Presto does not support hbase as of yet. Impala does not support query to cassandra
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    Apache
    Spark in comparison to similar technologies ends up being a one stop shop. You can achieve so much with this one framework instead of having to stitch and weave multiple technologies from the Hadoop stack, all while getting incredibility performance, minimal boilerplate, and getting the ability to write your application in the language of your choosing.
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Configuration has taken some serious time out.
    • Garbage collection tuning. is a constant hassle. time and effort applied to it, vs dedicating resources elsewhere.
    • w/ sql support, reduces the need of devs to generate the resultset for analysts, when they can run queries themselves (if they know sql).
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    Apache
    • Business leaders are able to take data driven decisions
    • Business users are able access to data in near real time now . Before using spark, they had to wait for at least 24 hours for data to be available
    • Business is able come up with new product ideas
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