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MapR Apache Hadoop Distribution Advantages

MapR makes Hadoop easy to use, dependable, and fast.

Easy
Dependable
Fast
  • Mount Hadoop with Direct Access NFS™
  • Easy graphical provisioning and planning tools
  • Built-in monitoring with heatmaps, alerts and alarms
  • Usage tracking and quotas
  • Complete distribution with HBase, Pig, Hive, Cascading, Mahout, and more
  • 100% API compatibility with Hadoop
  • Integrated and hardened with the latest patches
  • JobTracker HA for no lost jobs
  • Distributed NameNode HA™ eliminates downtime and data loss
  • Multi-node HA Direct Access NFS™
  • Support for unlimited number of files
  • Mirroring for disaster recovery and cluster synchronization
  • Snapshots for point-in-time recovery
  • Runs faster with half the hardware than other distributions
  • Higher MapReduce and HBase throughput (2X – 5X)
  • Optimized shuffle
  • Higher random I/O (5X to 100X)
  • Automatic and transparent compression reduces network overhead and disk footprint
  • Lockless architecture scales linearly with number of cores and nodes