Appendix C. Cloudera Hadoop
In this appendix, we will cover:
- Connecting to a Hadoop database
Introduction
Hadoop is one of the names we think about when it comes to Big Data. I'm not going into details about it since there is plenty of information out there; moreover, like somebody once said, "If you decided to use Hadoop for your data warehouse, then you probably have a good reason for it". Let's not forget: it is primarily a distributed filesystem, not a relational database. That said, there are many cases when we may need to use this technology for number crunching, for example, together with MicroStrategy for analysis and reporting.
There are mainly two ways to leverage Hadoop data from MicroStrategy: the first is Hive and the second is Impala. ...
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