Key Points:
- Improved performance, much faster than traditional server-based storage
- Improved response time for ad-hoc and real-time queries
- Data Protection, providing enterprise-grade protection of HDFS metadata
- Protection of single point of failure (SPOF) at the Hadoop name node
- Decoupling of compute from storage, minimizes use of compute for storage workloads
The NetApp® Open Solution for Hadoop is focused on providing customers with flexible choices driven by deciding factors such as number of clusters, servers, and support options, delivering enterprise-class Hadoop.
NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop reduces the server-based replication load for both ingest and drive failure, leading to significantly reduced query response time and reduced server and network congestion. NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop provides enterprise-class storage with best-in-class hardware RAID. Global warm spares let analytic tasks survive a hard drive failure. Operations personnel can swap out replacement drives at any time while analytic tasks continue to run. NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop provides:
- Scalable performance, one cluster or many, with various configurations
- Enterprise-grade storage arrays solution, eliminating network bottlenecks
- Hot-pluggable disk shelves, allowing you to add storage without disrupting service
- NFS and HDFS support
- Faster loads with network-free hardware RAID
- Professional services and support from day one, including NFS and HDFS expertise
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