GlusterFS Now Integrated with Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop
Software
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red
Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, announced today that it has contributed software to the
Gluster Community that integrates the GlusterFS open software-defined
storage filesystem with the Intel® Distribution for Apache Hadoop*
software (Intel® Distribution). The resulting code, the Apache
Hadoop Enablement on GlusterFS plugin, delivers a big data analytics
solution that easily integrates with existing IT infrastructure. The
companies jointly validated the reference architecture integrating
GlusterFS with the Intel Distribution.
Red Hat has contributed code to the Apache Hadoop community supporting
the Hadoop Compatible File System standard and the Intel Manager for
Apache Hadoop can now configure, monitor, and manage GlusterFS as a
Hadoop-compatible File System (HCFS). The Hadoop Enablement solution
avoids the cost and complexity associated with creating and managing
another data silo for analytics. The integrated solution was built using
community-driven innovation to deliver an open and interoperable
solution.
Combining the performance, security, and manageability of the Intel
Distribution with the HDFS API compatibility and disaster recovery
capabilities of GlusterFS, the integrated solution supports a scalable,
cost-effective infrastructure for big data analytics. The Intel
Distribution includes security mechanisms such as query authentication,
data encryption, role-based access control, and auditing. GlusterFS
maintains data locality as the cluster scales, avoids NameNode
bottlenecks and the single point of failure in HDFS, and has built-in
disaster recovery with its geo replication feature.
Red Hat sees the evolution of analytics extending beyond Hadoop and
traditional business intelligence systems into a comprehensive view of
end-to-end big data analytics. Most enterprises try to manage big data
from three sources, including business-, machine- and human-generated
data through a work flow that includes three types of analytics systems
— massively parallel processing, Hadoop clusters, and traditional
business transaction processing. This broader view of big data requires
a general purpose storage repository such as GlusterFS that can store a
variety of data in it's native format and serve it to a variety of
analytics systems through multiple protocols. An end-to-end view of all
the enterprise data and all the enterprise analytics systems offers a
more comprehensive way to allow for deep business insights and help
drive operational intelligence.
Supporting Quotes
Ranga Rangachari, vice president and general manager, Storage, Red Hat
"Red
Hat is excited to extend its long-standing collaboration with Intel to
bring Hadoop-based big data solutions to enterprises worldwide. The
combination of GlusterFS along with Intel Distribution for Apache
Hadoop* software enables enterprises to cost-effectively turn the three
types of big data into actionable information in a truly open and
interoperable way."
Girish Juneja, general manager, Big Data Software, Intel
"With
the integration of Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop* software with
GlusterFS, the software platform for storing and analyzing big data is
now designed to perform with even more scalability and security. The
solution enables organizations to grow storage and compute resources at
pace with data while protecting their investment in the integrated
infrastructure from two of the most respected leaders in open source."
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