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    Apache Flume

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AFlume is a distributed service for collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data. It has a simple and flexible architecture based on streaming data flows. It is robust and fault tolerant with tunable reliability mechanisms and many failover and recovery mechanisms. It uses a simple extensible data model that allows for online analytic application.N/A

    Hortonworks Data Platform (discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AHortonworks Data Platform (HDP) was an open source framework for distributed storage and processing of large, multi-source data sets. Hortonworks merged with Cloudera in eary 2019. Cloudera has since stopped supporting Hortonworks, and it is no longer publicly available for download.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Apache
    Chose Apache Flume
    Apache Flume is a very good solution when your project is not very complex at transformation and enrichment, and good if you have an external management suite like Cloudera, Hortonworks, etc. But it is not a real EAI or ETL like AB Initio or Attunity so you need to know exactly …
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    Cloudera Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Apache Flume is well suited when the use case is log data ingestion and aggregate only, for example for compliance of configuration management. It is not well suited where you need a general-purpose real-time data ingestion pipeline that can receive log data and other forms of data streams (eg IoT, messages).
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    I find HDP easy to use and solves most of the problems for people looking to manage their big data. Evaluating the Hortonworks Data Platform is easy as it is free to download and install in your cluster. Single node cluster available as Sandbox is also easy for POCs.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • Multiple sources of data (sources) and destinations (sinks) that allows you to move data form and to any relevant data storage
    • It is very easy to setup and run
    • Very open to personalization, you can create filters, enrichment, new sources and destinations
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    • It does a good job of packaging a lot of big data components into bundles and lets you use the ones you are interested in or need. It supports an extensive list of components which lets us solve many problems.
    • It provides the ability to manage installations and maintenance using Apache Ambari. It helps us in using management packs to install/upgrade components easily. It also helps us add, remove components, add, remove hosts, perform upgrades in a convenient manner. It also provides alerts and notifications and monitors the environment.
    • What they excel in is packaging open source components that are relevant and are useful to solve and complement each other as well as contribute to enhancing those components. They do a great job in the community to keep on top of what would be useful to users, fixing bugs and working with other companies and individuals to make the platform better.
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    Cons
    Apache
    • It is very specific for log data ingestion so it is pretty hard to use for anything else besides log data
    • Data replication is not built in and needs to be added on top of Apache Flume (not a hard job to do though)
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    • Since it doesn't come with propriety tools for big data management, additional integration is need (for query handling, search, etc).
    • It was very straightforward to store clinical data without relations, such as data from sensors of a medical device. But it has limitations when needed to combine the data with other clinical data in structured format (e.g. lab results, diagnosis).
    • Overall look and feel of front-end management tools (e.g. monitoring) are not good. It is not bad but it doesn't look professional.
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    Support Rating
    Apache
    Apache Flume is open-source so support is limited. Never the less, it has great documentation and best practices documents from their end-users so it is not hard to use, setup and configure.
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    Try not to change variable names.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    Apache Flume is a very good solution when your project is not very complex at transformation and enrichment, and good if you have an external management suite like Cloudera, Hortonworks, etc. But it is not a real EAI or ETL like AB Initio or Attunity so
    you need to know exactly what you want. On the other hand being an opensource project give Apache a lot of room to personalize thanks to its plug-able architecture and has a very nice performance having a very low CPU and Memory footprint, a single server can do the job on many occasions, as opposed to the multi-server architecture of paid products.
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    We chose [Hortonworks Data Platform] because it's free and because [it] was an IBM partner, suggested as big data platform after biginsights platform.
    You can install in more physical computer without high specs, then you can use it in order to learn how to deploy, configure a complete big data cluster.
    We installed also in a cloud infrastructure of 5 virtual machine
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Flume has simplified a lot many of our ingest procedures, easier to deploy and integrate than a classical EAI, reducing the time to market
    • But opposed to EAIs if the project starts to grow in complexity Apache Flume project may not be as suitable
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    • It is difficult to have a negative impact, because the required investment is not that high.
    • The big open community behind Hortonworks and related Apache Project makes it easy to put 'the wheel to meet the road' quite quickly.
    • We have seen management meetings where the attendants were impressed by the results achieved with the datalake built on HDP.
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