Introduction to Kudu

Abstract

Kudu is an Apache-licensed open source columnar storage engine built for the Apache Hadoop platform. It supports fast sequential and random reads and writes, enabling real-time stream processing and analytic workloads.i It integrates with Impala, allowing you to insert, delete, update, upsert, and retrieve data using SQL. Kudu also integrates with Spark (and MapReduce) for fast and scalable data processing and analytics. Like other projects in the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, Kudu runs on commodity hardware and was designed to be highly scalable and highly available.